John Cornyn: “Corruption in Mexico is a long standing endemic problem.”

“The second, and I want to direct this to you, Director Perez. We have a partner, so to speak, in Mexico to deal with some of these issues. But in fact, Corruption in Mexico is a long standing endemic problem. One report recently said that in a review of the activities of state level anti corruption prosecutors in five Mexican states, out of nearly 6,500 investigations opened, only 22 convictions were achieved.” (01:53–01:58)

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