Media Doubts President's Claims of Monterrey's Crime Rate Reduction
Rachel Levin - Al Jazeera
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November 12, 2013
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The government claims the murder rate in Monterrey has been cut by half, but local journalists accuse the government of manipulating statistics. Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Monterrey. (Al Jazeera)

Mexico's president is trying to convince the world his government is making progress against drug-related violence. Monterrey has been singled out as one place where crime is down - with the muder rate cut by half.

But media there say they're being censored and accuse the government of manipulating statistics.

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