In what could be a significant escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption, U.S. officials said.

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    21 hours ago

    In Mexico, politicians are in cahoots with drug trafficking and are corrupt. They often partner with various cartels in exchange for large sums of money. You might think this is unfounded, but it’s not actually true.

    But I understand their situation because the DOJ already labels anyone as a criminal, and when they’re doing something right, it ends up being confused with something wrong.

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      21 hours ago

      You might think this is unfounded, but it’s not actually true.

      No one is saying differently…

      It’s like anywhere else: some corrupt, some fighting corruption.

      You seem to keep misunderstanding what people are saying and trying to extrapolate it into something big.

      But you’re starting off with flawed logic