Forty long-barrel rifles, 48 guns, 70 ammo clips, 9,298 bullets, and a tear gas grenade, all stored in his house. That is the official reason former Tijuana mayor Jorge Hank Rhon, and ten others, was apprehended by the Mexican army.
Even Shakira was a casualty, it appears; she was slated to give a private concert to the "businessman" Jorge Hank Rhon, whose corruption and shady dealings are likely only surpassed by that of his father, Carlos Hank González, former Mexico State governor and a key member of the Grupo Atlacomulco that for decades have dominated politics in Mexico State.
The arrest of Hank Rhon certainly made an impact on the current campaign to become the next governor of Mexico State; campaign staff of Eruviel Ávila Villegas, the PRI's candidate, was quick to distance himself from Hank. The most vacuous comment I've seen so far came from current Edomex governor Enrique Peña Nieto: "I have no more facts to give any different view than the invariable position of the party."
So was it politically motivated, or simply triggered by what appears to be a criminal offense? Clearly these are not mutually exclusive. As an El Universal editorial notes, "It is difficult to find anyone with a darker past." The obvious parallel to his arrest, ostensibly for illegal weapons, is nailing Al Capone for tax evasion. Regardless: As a strike against the perennial impunit plaguing Mexico, the arrest of Jorge Hank Rhon is truly wonderful news.
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