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Mexico's president turns attention to cartel-plagued states

by Associated Press
| July 15, 2020 7:27 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is traveling to three of Mexico’s most violent states this week to counter what many call a “hands-off” strategy toward drug cartels that has exacerbated tensions with state governors.

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