More Reaction to Michoacán

AMLO says the arrests were set up only for the media, and Leonel Godoy called it "a violation of the sovreignty of that violates the federal pact." Here Godoy is asking Calderón for an explanation.

Two further comments on the Michoacán arrests: first, the suspicion that it was electorally motivated was inevitable, and if there is evidence that the case was rushed to have an impact on the campaigns, then by all means people should slam Calderón and his team. But, knowing what we know now, the suggestion that the government should have waited until after the elections to execute the arrests is silly unconvincing. In six weeks time, the offending politicions might have destroyed evidence and covered their tracks. They also almost certainly would have continued supporting murderous criminal organizations for another a month and a half. That could well have meant several tons of cocaine safely smuggled through the state, and several dozen dead bodies thanks to the gangs that these officials were protecting. Six days would have been one thing, but six weeks is quite another.

Second, it's rather silly that Leonel Godoy is indignantly asking for answers from Calderón. Shouldn't it be the other way around?