In the aftermath of the huge jailbreak in Zacatecas, the state's two principal politicians (Governor Amalia García and Senator Ricardo Monreal) are trading accusations. Actually, they've been doing so for a while. Last year, when the Zacatecas State Fair was missing about half of its proprietors, Monreal blamed García for tolerating extortion and kidnapping. Around then, anonymous emails that the government attributed to Monreal accused García of protecting the Zetas. Last month, García ramped up the dispute with an add touting her government's anti-drug action that mentioned a fifteen-ton marijuana seizure at a warehouse owned by Monreal's brother. Monreal said the seizure was part of a smear campaign. After the escape of fifty alleged Zetas from a jail this weekend, Monreal accused García's government of complicity.
As to who is primarily responsible for the violence? Who knows. Zacatecas has gotten a lot more dangerous under García, but, as the second linked article points out, most of the public security officials in her administration are holdovers from her predecessor, Monreal.
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