The Most Alarming Signal about the Integrity of Mexico's Electoral Campaign I've Heard All Day

The brother of the Rafael Cedeño, the just-arrested boss of La Familia, was a Green Party candidate for federal deputy in Morelia. He resigned his candidacy in light of his brother's arrest (which occurred at a party that he himself was attending), but Rafael Cedeño was not an unknown man before he was arrested. Wouldn't a perfunctory check of the pre-candidate lists have warranted his resignation a bit earlier? If Rafael hadn't been arrested, would Mexico be faced with the prospect of the brother of a capo potentially winning a federal deputy seat? (Not very likely, since he was from the Green Party, but still.) Mexico has made a lot of noise about isolating the campaigns from the influence of drug runners. The fact that Cedeño was a candidate suggests that's all it is: noise.