Mexican lawmakers approved a reform to the country’s national security law in record time this week, aiming at curtailing the work foreign governments can do in the country. As The World’s Jorge Valencia reports, the measure is a clear response to the DEA arresting one of Mexico’s former defense ministers in Los Angeles earlier this year.
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