Across
- 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.
Down
- 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.