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Did #Drug Traffickers Funnel Millions of Dollars to Mexican President López Obrador’s First Campaign? Years before López Obrador was elected president in 2018, #DEA agents uncovered evidence that major #cocaine traffickers had funneled $2M to political operatives working on his first presidential campaign. Witnesses told the DEA the money was provided in return for a promise that a future AMLO government would tolerate the cartel’s operations. #News #Mexico #Politics https://www.propublica.org/article/mexico-amlo-lopez-obrador-campaign-drug-cartels?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post