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Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Wants Tougher Restrictions on Foreign Agents

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico’s presidency has proposed tightening restrictions on “foreign agents” operating in the country, in a move that follows heightened tensions with Washington and is widely seen as aimed at U.S. counter-narcotics officials.

In a draft proposal sent to the Senate on Friday, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s office said foreign agents must share any information they obtain with Mexican authorities, and should be stripped of diplomatic immunity if they commit crimes or break regulations.

The document did not mention the United States, but Lopez Obrador has been highly critical of the U . . .

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