Public data getting harder to find in Mexico, civil rights group says


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  • Thursday, 10 Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a press conference, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Public information in Mexico is becoming more difficult to access under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a civil rights group said on Wednesday as it showed that scores of government databases are no longer updated.

More than 70% of databases on the website for the national transparency institute, which hosts public information, have not been updated for at least two years, Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) found.

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