Drug-related homicides increased in Mexico after NAFTA, study finds
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The opening of trade borders under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 was accompanied by a significant increase in drug-related violence in Mexican regions that functioned as key corridors for drug trafficking. That is the result of a recent study by Erik Hornung, Professor of Economic History at the University of Cologne’s […]