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Escape of drug lord 'El Chapo' leaves U.S.-Mexican relations on shaky ground

Eric L. Olson

Eric Olson is quoted about the potential damage to bilateral relations between the U.S. and Mexico as a result of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán's escape from prison.

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"'Cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico will continue because there is no alternative,' said Eric Olson, a security expert at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. 'That said, there is no doubt that bilateral cooperation will be affected by this embarrassing and disastrous incident. … U.S. law enforcement personnel have always been suspicious and worried about corruption in Mexico and how their intelligence information might be used.'"

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