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Spain, Mexico and Argentina Grapple with Corruption, Immigration and Drug Security Crises

Coalition negotiations, court rulings, enforcement operations are testing governments’ ability to deliver reforms.

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El alcalde de Ontinyent y líder de Ens Uneix, Jorge Rodríguez, inicia la recogida de firmas de su ILP, este miércoles.
La estrategia de las organizaciones defensoras de inmigrantes para combatir las redadas del ICE en California
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Overview

  • Spain’s Labour Ministry postponed the July vote on reducing the workweek to 37.5 hours until after summer as it seeks Junts support and aims to keep the debate clear of the Santos Cerdán corruption case
  • The Guardia Civil detained the ultraracist 'Deport Them Now' leader in Barcelona and the Supreme Court ordered provisional prison for ex-PSOE official Santos Cerdán in response to xenophobic unrest and the UCO probe
  • PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo stepped up calls to “deport immediately” irregular migrants convicted of crimes, sharpening the immigration debate after violence in Torre Pacheco
  • In Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Mauricio Pazarán Álvarez as head of the Ayotzinapa special investigation unit following Rosendo Gómez’s resignation, as Morena insists there will be no impunity while fugitive ex-Tabasco security chief Hernán Bermúdez Requena remains sought via Interpol
  • Argentine police executed a July 16 raid in Coronel Suárez that seized over 25 grams each of cocaine and marijuana, nearly 69,000 pesos and arrested two suspects in a targeted drug-trafficking operation