
Amid pandemic, 'desperate' Mexicans turn to cartels for help
Clip: 7/7/2020 | 7m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
In government's absence, Mexicans turn to cartels for pandemic aid
President Trump will welcome the president of Mexico to the White House on Wednesday. The country has more than 215,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second-highest total in Latin America. More than 20,000 deaths have been recorded from the pandemic in Mexico -- but its government admits the number is a major undercount. Nick Schifrin reports on Mexico’s failures to contain the coronavirus.
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Amid pandemic, 'desperate' Mexicans turn to cartels for help
Clip: 7/7/2020 | 7m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
President Trump will welcome the president of Mexico to the White House on Wednesday. The country has more than 215,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second-highest total in Latin America. More than 20,000 deaths have been recorded from the pandemic in Mexico -- but its government admits the number is a major undercount. Nick Schifrin reports on Mexico’s failures to contain the coronavirus.
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