Worldfocus » Erika de la Garza http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Mexican foreign investment hurt by drug violence http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/11/12/mexican-foreign-investment-hurt-by-drug-violence/2626/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/11/12/mexican-foreign-investment-hurt-by-drug-violence/2626/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:36:43 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=2626 On Tuesday, dozens of armed men kidnapped farm workers in Mexico. Local news media reported that a drug gang may have kidnapped the men to force them to grow marijuana.

Erika de la Garza, the program director for the Latin American Initiative at Rice University, speaks with Martin Savidge about the effect of drug violence on foreign investment in Mexico, government stability and U.S. support of Mexican law enforcement.


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For more on drug violence in Mexico, see our previous report: Mexican drug violence connected to U.S.

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