Mexican Leader, Facing Protests, Promises to Overhaul Policing
Associate Program Director Eric Olson is quoted in this article about Mexico's chronic problems with organized crime and proposed justice reforms.
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“The real question is whether the Mexican people, who have been promised investigations, overhauls, special commissions, anti-corruption campaigns and institutional reorganizations by this president — and nearly every other authority since the Mexican Revolution — will believe these latest promises,” said Eric L. Olson, who studies Latin America security at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington.
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Eric L. Olson
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle International Foundation
Latin America Program
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