AP: EMILIANO ZAPATA, Mexico – Elections in Mexico are Sunday and drug cartels have taken notice, but forget who is going to be president these cartels are interested in who is going to be mayor.
It's easier to influence a local election than an extensive well-financed national one.
It's a principal Mexican drug cartels swear by.
As Mexicans head to the ballot box Sunday, cartels are influencing Mexico's local elections by registering their votes with scare tactics, and cold hard cash to make sure whoever is elected doesn't interfere with their lucrative operations. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Showing posts with label Morelos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morelos. Show all posts
Jun 20, 2012
Mexico election diary: State-level pickups for the PRI
The Economist: ALL eyes are on Mexico’s presidential battle. But when voters go to the polls on July 1st they will elect 2,127 people to political office, from federal congressmen to local mayors. Among the most important are six governors, or seven if you include the head of the capital’s Federal District, whom we tend to describe as the mayor of Mexico City but who effectively has the powers of a governor.
Four of the seven contests look likely to result in no change of party control. The Federal District is all but certain to pass to Miguel Ángel Mancera, who was the attorney general under the current administration of Marcelo Ebrard. Alhough polls were looking a little uncertain last year, Mr Mancera now enjoys a huge lead according to most surveys, which suggest he could win about two-thirds of the vote. A win for Mr Mancera would mean another term for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which has held the capital since elections to the post were introduced in 1997. Read more.
Four of the seven contests look likely to result in no change of party control. The Federal District is all but certain to pass to Miguel Ángel Mancera, who was the attorney general under the current administration of Marcelo Ebrard. Alhough polls were looking a little uncertain last year, Mr Mancera now enjoys a huge lead according to most surveys, which suggest he could win about two-thirds of the vote. A win for Mr Mancera would mean another term for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), which has held the capital since elections to the post were introduced in 1997. Read more.
Jan 18, 2012
Drug War Bloodshed: Mexico police chief killed as Morelos violence flares
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