John Ackerman

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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John Ackerman is Professor of Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Editor-in-Chief of the Mexican Law Review. He is a columnist for both Proceso magazine and La Jornada newspaper.

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TALKING POINT The President of Mexico will not be at the White House this week as planned.

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Outrage over corruption in Mexico reached new heights this weekend, after authorities announced that drug-gang hitmen had confessed to murdering 43 students who went missing in…

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