Cars and trucks circulating, many without license plates, filled with youngsters paid to create havoc: In Guerrero, ahead of the gubernatorial election this month, this is sadly the face of the state PRI chapter and/or the campaign of PRI candidate Manuel Añorve Baños, which has seemingly paid thugs to tear down and rob election material - posters, banners, etc - belonging to the candidate of the left coalition, Ángel Aguirre Rivero. The PRD-PT-Convergencia coalition is also accusing the Añorve campaign of exceeding campaign spending limits, including contracting helicopters, and of having a massive media presence.
Quite likely, current governor Zeferino Torreblanca, while elected on a PRD platform, is doing all he can, legally and not, to back Añorve, given Torreblanca's highly public and bitter break with the PRD when the party refused to allow him to appoint the party's candidate to succeed him.
Things are heating up in Guerrero ahead of the Jan. 30 elections - the first ones in 2011. While opinions polls are well guarded, Añorve and Aguirre appear to be quite tied, with Aguirre slightly ahead.
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