Nathaniel Parish Flannery

September 26, 2022, Mexico City, Mexico: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during the daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. on September 26, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Sipa USA).No Use Germany.

Why is Mexico’s security strategy failing?

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A container ship is docked in the port of Lazaro Cardenas November 21, 2013. When the leaders of Mexico and China met last summer, there was much talk of the need to deepen trade between their nations. Down on Mexico's Pacific coast, a drug gang was already making it a reality. The Knights Templar cartel, steadily diversifying into other businesses, became so successful at exporting iron ore to China that the Mexican Navy in November had to move in and take over the port in Lazaro Cardenas, a city that has become one of the gang's main cash generators. Picture taken November 21, 2013. To match Feature MEXICO-DRUGS/PORT REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW DRUGS SOCIETY BUSINESS MARITIME)

How is China involved in organized crime in Mexico?

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