Mexico: Corruption and Immigration

1. Former public security secretary of Mexico charged with taking millions of dollars in bribes.
6. Mexico’s southern ____ is where many immigrants travel into the country.
7. Many Mexican officials been accused or caught accepting these.
9. When the government expels the illegal immigrant out of their country.
10. An example of corruption within the electoral system, also known as patronage.
11. Many people immigrate to Mexico as a stepping stone towards arriving in this country to the north.
15. Immigrants travel across the border from this region.
17. President Lopez Obrador’s attempt to divert drug-related corruption without military force.
18. Immigrants fly to Mexico to avoid the communism of this country.
19. Corrupt governor of Veracruz in power from 2010-2016.
21. Mexico has this problem with many people coming to live there permanently.
22. The actions of the government to maintain regulations at the border.
23. Unit of the Mexican government that controls and supervises migration into the country.
24. Authorities were found doing this with cartel members.

2. The reason many people immigrate to Mexico is to ______ problems in their own country.
3. The policies in place to control the influx of immigrants into the country.
4. The Mexican government's policy attempts to improve corruption.
5. One of Mexico’s biggest problems that causes a significant amount of crime and corruption in dealing with illegal substances.
8. The process of how Mexico officials receive their positions, although are often corrupt with violence and bribery.
12. Vigilante groups seeking to protect when security forces fail to do so.
13. When the government imprisons the illegal immigrant.
14. Also known as CPI, Mexico was recently ranked 126th out of 180 countries.
16. Dishonest conduct by those in power.
20. Those who are not initially from Mexico.