Money: The Objective
Money: The Objective Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero Although the US government has abundantly accused Mexico of economic and criminal charges, the data released by the White House regarding money laundering in Mexico seem to represent US interests more than the health of its youth. The informal economy has always predominated in our country; neoliberal integration was nothing less than the absorption of Mexican forces and services at the lowest possible cost to the United States. The nature of such a relationship can only be explained by informality, which is too close to corruption. Over the years, various financial institutions—from banks to currency exchange houses—have been implicated in the money laundering phenomenon. The evidence is not conclusive, but simply accusations by US authorities regarding obvious economic aspects. Mexico has been the North American Sicily for almost a century; the illegal economy is more than absolute; but there is a historical co-responsibility...