04/03/2018 Bloomberg A Mexican bishop says he’s reached a truce with drug traffickers in the state of Guerrero to stop a killing spree of candidates ahead of elections July 1st, an indication of how weak the state has become in the face of rising violence. Bishop Salvador Rangel told reporters he held several meetings with traffickers from different criminal groups after as many as nine candidates were reportedly assassinated in the state, several of them in the town of Chilapa. His actions aren’t an isolated incident, coming after the leading presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, floated the idea of an amnesty for some criminals in the form of shortened prison terms. Read more...
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