Moisés Villanueva, a kidnapped federal deputy belonging to the PRI, was found murdered yesterday in Guerrero state, together with his driver.
They disappeared on Sept. 4. There were no demands for ransom.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Peña Nieto steps down as governor, Eruviel Ávila assumes
Eruviel Ávila Villegas officially assumed as governor of Mexico State today, after an event yesterday with more than 2,000 "specially invited" guests.
How natural that they include former disgraced governor Arturo Montiel, infamous for the corruption and theft during his government, and the man who made sure that his successor in 2005 would be Enrique Peña Nieto.
Peña Nieto, to recall, didn't lift a finger against Montiel or launch any investigation at all, even though his corruption, when it became known, largely sank his shot at becoming PRI's presidential candidate in 2006.
Now Montiel appears, having avoided the public for six years, to fittingly see off his creation, who is now set on winning the Mexican president.
Montiel received a standing ovation from the crowd.
How natural that they include former disgraced governor Arturo Montiel, infamous for the corruption and theft during his government, and the man who made sure that his successor in 2005 would be Enrique Peña Nieto.
Peña Nieto, to recall, didn't lift a finger against Montiel or launch any investigation at all, even though his corruption, when it became known, largely sank his shot at becoming PRI's presidential candidate in 2006.
Now Montiel appears, having avoided the public for six years, to fittingly see off his creation, who is now set on winning the Mexican president.
Montiel received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Digna Ochoa investigation closed
Digna Ochoa was a human rights defender who died ten years ago, on Oct. 19 2001, in Mexico City. While it was ruled a suicide, her backers strongly rejected this - and pointed out that, incredulously, she would have had to shoot herself twice to achieve this: The autopsy found two 22-caliber bullet wounds. She had a lot of enemies, was kidnapped twice, and at one point went into exile in the U.S.
Many investigations followed, all inconclusive, and now the Mexico City Attorney general officially closed the investigation, Milenio reports. It had been reopened in 2010 on her family's request.
To many people today, Digna Ochoa's death was not a suicide - it was a murder.
Many investigations followed, all inconclusive, and now the Mexico City Attorney general officially closed the investigation, Milenio reports. It had been reopened in 2010 on her family's request.
To many people today, Digna Ochoa's death was not a suicide - it was a murder.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Mexican Green Party president abruptly removed - media power?
Jorge Emilio González Martínez, the "Green kid" who has been president of the Mexican Green Party, Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM), was abruptly removed as president and made into an "honorary councilor" following a vote at the party's national assembly.
This is purely theatrics: The only other president of the Green party was González' father Jorge González Torres (1991-2001), and the party remains a pure financial family enterprise without any life or direction of its own. It is moreover the only right-wing "green" party in the world that even got kicked out of the "Green international."
Most probably not by coincident, the abrupt removal at the PVEM top follows an amazing investigation in the Mexican daily El Universal that details how the entire party leadership consists of random friends - from school, party friends, even his house cleaner - of the niño verde, who many may remember from the 2004 video scandal where he was on hidden camera offered a hefty bribe to allow some beach development to take place in an endangered area.
This is purely theatrics: The only other president of the Green party was González' father Jorge González Torres (1991-2001), and the party remains a pure financial family enterprise without any life or direction of its own. It is moreover the only right-wing "green" party in the world that even got kicked out of the "Green international."
Most probably not by coincident, the abrupt removal at the PVEM top follows an amazing investigation in the Mexican daily El Universal that details how the entire party leadership consists of random friends - from school, party friends, even his house cleaner - of the niño verde, who many may remember from the 2004 video scandal where he was on hidden camera offered a hefty bribe to allow some beach development to take place in an endangered area.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Atlantic's profile of Enrique Peña Nieto
It's well worth a read, by the excellent journalist Silvana Paternostro.
More on Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, PRI's strongman in Mexico City
El Universal has done a lot of good digging on Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, the "king of garbage," "Czar of trash," etc who controls upwards of half of the PRI's party council in Mexico City.
This article is a recommended read.
As it turns out, he is even a federal deputy - as suplente or substitute stand-in for PRI's Fuensanta Patricia Jiménez Case.
Truly anyone can become a PRI deputy, but it helps being a criminal and violent thug.
This article is a recommended read.
As it turns out, he is even a federal deputy - as suplente or substitute stand-in for PRI's Fuensanta Patricia Jiménez Case.
Truly anyone can become a PRI deputy, but it helps being a criminal and violent thug.
Must-read on Mexican Green Party, Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM)
This article, which ran in El Universal a few days ago, is an absolute must-read on the Mexican Green Party (PVEM). It completely strips it down for what it is: a party "franchise" at the service of highest bidder and a tool for the pharmaceutical industry, all coalescing around its party leader Jorge Emilio González Martíne,a 30-year old who inherited the party from his father, and all his friends - they even recruited the house cleaner to become a federal deputy, just for kicks.
This is truly the most preposterous party in Mexico's political landscape today.
Here's a pdf with the most important characters in this franchise.
This is truly the most preposterous party in Mexico's political landscape today.
Here's a pdf with the most important characters in this franchise.
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