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This Politician Wants To Eliminate All Of Mexico's Crime. His Plan To Do It Has People Livid.
Karla Zabludovsky

MEXICO CITY — It is the most daring proposal yet from Mexico’s leading presidential candidate: amnesty for drug criminals.

Wearing a white shirt and a garland of roses around his neck, Andrés Manuel López Obrador delivered his controversial proposal last month in Guerrero State, one of the regions hardest hit during a drug war that has claimed an estimated 200,000 lives since 2006.

In fact, López Obrador is so sure that he can tackle Mexico’s security problem, he announced on Wednesday that if elected he would eradicate violence three years into his mandate.

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