Mariano González Zarur becomes Tlaxcala governor; the worst of PRI resurfaces from the sewer

Mariano González Zarur's assumption as governor of Tlaxcala Saturday truly brought out the best and the worst of the PRI - representatives of the latter included highly discredited ex-governors Roberto Madrazo and Ulises Ruiz, as well as soon-to-be former governor, the ill-famed protector of pederasts, Mario Marín of Puebla - a man who belongs in a federal prison rather than as an invited (presumably) guest to a gubernatorial inauguration ceremon

The state was wrested from the PAN, following the six-year rule of Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz. González Zarur promised a thorough house cleaning of the former state administration; notably, in the inauguration ceremony, the eight chairs set aside for PAN's state deputies were empty.

Tlaxcala approves Law for the Protection of Migrants

Kudos to the state congress of Tlaxcala, which unanimously approved a law designed to protect migrants, both those leaving Tlaxcala for the United States, as well as those of other nationalities passing through or residing in Tlaxcala. Small it may be yet nonteheless a  significant step forward for the protection of migrants human rights. The congress called upon incoming PRI governor Mariano González Zarur not to leave the law a "dead letter" in his sexenio.