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. Yet we depend on the Mexican officials and their vetted units to work with our intelligence community and our law enforcement agencies to go after the fentanyl labs and the cartels. (01:59–02:19)
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Asserts that a review found only 22 convictions out of nearly 6,500 anti-corruption investigations in five Mexican states.
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