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El Chapo held ‘as much power as president’
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has declared an end to the days of collusion between crime and government, saying there was a time when drug lord Joaquin "El...
Lopez Obrador, who took office in December 2018, rose to power with pledges to root out corruption in Mexico.
- The Canberra Times
- Australian Associated Press
He hailed his progress toward that goal in a speech on New Year’s Eve at the Palenque ruins in southern Mexico.
“There was a time when Guzman Loera was as powerful, or had the influence, that the president had at that time,” said Lopez Obrador.
“That made it…