Mexico’s president will send a diplomatic note over US funding for a Mexican anti-corruption NGO

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption non-profit group, and says he will send a diplomatic note to the United States in protest. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed on Wednesday that the group is part of the conservative opposition and shouldn’t receive foreign funding or tax-deductible contributions. The group, Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, denies that it is allied with any political party. López Obrador has long sparred with civic and environmental groups that have criticized his administration. López Obrador is the latest leader in Latin American, and around the world to rail against outside funding for nongovernmental organizations.