Much of the coverage is focusing on the historic nature of the arrest.
Bajo Reserva had the following to say:
It has been an open secret that for decades many populations have been governed by drug traffickers. La Familia as an alternative government, "paternalistic", defiant of the institutions, collector of "taxes". Yesterday's blow is interpreted as a determination to retake ungovernable territories. But it can also be read politically: a Carlos Salinas against "La Quina", an Ernesto Zedillo against Raúl Salinas. The spectacular actions are always accompanied by controversy. That's why since yesterday the question was asked: the investigations couldn't wait six weeks more until after the elections? The blow, some say, seems "electoral". There are two PAN mayoralties that were left headless; but six are from the PRI and another two from the PRD and the team of [Governor] Leonel Godoy was basically dismantled. The governor wasn't warned of what was coming...but the panista in Morelos Marco Antonio Adame was. Does that mean that Godoy is next? Does that explain the lack of trust? There are questions and loose ends. There is material to last a while.
The
El Universal editorial included this passage:
Until now the actions against officials linked to organized crime had been limited to sporadic apprehensions owing to leaks from foreign or military intelligence agencies. Cases like that f the ex-governor of Quintana Roo, Mario Villanueva, were rare and were never accompanied by the dismantling of the political apparatus from which the implicated operated. This time seems to be different.
If the accusations against a total of 28 state and municipal authorities of the PRI, of the PAN, and of the PRD are confirmed, we will have incontrovertible proof that the cartels have penetrated whole groups of local political elites in the country, not only some officials in one party or another.
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The same column also stated that La Laguna could be the next Juarez. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and whether you're evaluating real estate options elsewhere...
Yeah I noticed that, but I'm not sure the way things are right now I want to be posting stuff like that. I think it was a little bit of an exaggeration, but things keep getting worse here, even as they get better elsewhere. Like Juárez, the Laguna's got a bad combination of some really rough neighborhoods with lots of drug use and gang violence, as well as an enviable geographical location for drug smugglers. With drug runners bailing on Juárez, it's logical that some would relocate here. If it gets to be anything like Juárez, I just hope Calderón's got another 7,000 troops handy.
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