Los Zetas - the only drug cartel that kidnaps?

Father Alejandro Solalinde Guerra, a a very, very brave man who does invaluable work for migrants in Oaxaca, in a meeting with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that Los Zetas now carry out kidnappings in twenty of Mexico's states, yet that, "as far as I know," they are the only of the drug gangs to do so.

This is of course only the testimony of one man, yet it is likely wise to listen to the opinions of someone who really works on the ground, helping migrants at shelters and along the dangerous travel routes of Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, and the southern region of Mexico.

PRI's resurgence, II

.... and an even better summary at Americas Quarterly on the PRI's victory by Patrick Corcoran, State Elections Solidify PRI’s Position in Mexico

PRI's resurgence covered in TIME

A very good summary article from TIME on the PRI's resurgence, by Ioan Grillo and Dolly Mascareñas:

Suddenly, Mexico's Old Ruling Party Rears a Youthful Face

No one is calling for PAN president's head, at least not yet

The PAN elite, represented by its National Political Commission, made it clear that it is not blaming the party's poor election results on its leader, Gustavo Madero, but rather offered its "unanimous" backing.

PRD and AMLO: Post-election reactions

While Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo and Luis Sánchez Jiménez accused AMLO of having much blame for the disastrous results this past Sunday, PRD leader Jesús Zambrano, still hopeful for some kind of reconciliation with  is former presidential candidate, called for not putting the blame on individuals. Alejandro Encinas also dismissed that AMLO had any blame.

AMLO himself said such criticism "doesn't even deserve a reflection, a reply."

Yet Marcelo Ebrard made it pretty clear what he felt: "Alejandro Encinas said he didn't want an alliance, we'll do it like this, well, here are the results...."

PRI's win: It hurts, and especially because of the "why"

I readily admits it hurts to see the smirking face of PRI president Humberto Moreira all over the Mexican media, following the PRI's demolishing carro completo - and, as I believe Manuel Camacho has noted a few times, not chiefly for the PRI's victory, but because of how they win: They contract as much public and private debt they can, go on a wild spending free, and leave the problems for the future, for the people to pick up the bill.

It is an irresponsibility and cynicism that angers.

Eruviel Ávila's win, with 41 percent more votes than his closes adversary, is the highest in Mexico State's history, according to Milenio.

Yes, and when  Enrique Peña Nieto became governor of Mexico State, the state debt was 1.5 billion pesos.
By 2010, it was 37 billion.

PRI didn't win everywhere on Sunday

In one of the four state elections Sunday, the PRI actually lost, as of counting, at least 10 municipalities, including several important urban areas, and the outcome in the state capital Pachuca is still too close to call.

That state is Hidalgo. It is the only of the four states in which the PRD and the PAN went into an alliance.