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    Mexico leaders' pledges fall short as graft remains 'heart of the political system'

    In the year since President Enrique Peña Nieto signed an anti-corruption system into law, the government and its allies have undermined it, activists say
    by David Agren in Mexico City Jul 19, 2017 3 minutes
    Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has told reporters that corruption is ‘a matter of culture’. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

    It was billed as an unprecedented weapon against Mexico’s endemic corruption, and a fresh start for a scandal-plagued government.

    One year ago, President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law a new national anti-corruption system as he apologized over a damaging conflict of interest scandal in which he, his wife and his finance minister purchased properties from crony contractors – then appointed an ally to investigate the deal.

    Over the next 12 months, however, the government and its allies have undermined the mechanism (known by its Spanish initials as

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