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Alejandro Angeles

Fact-Checking Mexico's Crime Figures: AMLO and Univision's Jorge Ramos Spar in Tense Exchange

Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos, Univision top anchorman, questions AMLO crime figures (Credit: Presidencia)

Mexico's president and the most influential Hispanic journalist in the U.S. delivered a new edition of their year-long debate on an issue that has confronted them on several occasions: the number of people who have been murdered during the current administration.

"It's a real tragedy, Mr. President," said Jorge Ramos, Univision journalist, during the media conference held every morning by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Ramos addressed the official figure of the average number of people killed per day, which he stated as 81, and AMLO acknowledged.

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