A Times Magazine-ProPublica investigation reveals how the U.S. painstakingly built a case against a Mexican general suspected of links to organized crime — and then decided to let him go.
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Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine
The news shocked even a country grown used to graft: The man who for years led Mexico’s war against drug traffickers was accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel.
El Chapo Trial Shows That Mexico’s Corruption Is Even Worse Than You Think
Nearly every level of the Mexican government has been depicted as being on the take. Officials in Colombia have also been portrayed as deeply corrupt.