Mexico’s Catholic bishops are tackling the problem of violence associated with the nation’s drug cartels. Host Carol Hills speaks with professor Roberto Blancarte at the Center for Sociological Studies at the College of Mexico in Mexico City, about the Church’s aggressive new role in pursuing peace through negotiation with the drug lords, a strategy that diverges from the long-term social needs policy pursued by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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