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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Samir Tounsi and Eliott Nail

Drugs, People Smuggling At Heart Of Mexico's Raging Violence

Mexican soldiers are seen in Culiacan in the northwestern state of Sinaloa (Credit: AFP)

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will present a national security plan on Tuesday aimed at combating around 30,000 murders a year, many of them linked to drug and human smuggling.

Sheinbaum, the first woman to lead the Latin American nation, will unveil her strategy amid shock over the murder and reported beheading of a city mayor in Guerrero state just days after taking office.

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