Between the detention of the municipal president of Tequila, the name of the famous painter and recently returned only Diego N, the question is that it is possible that this type of people would like to be candidates and sometimes alcaldes, deputies or governors. The question is doubly relevant because we are in the process of implementing electoral reform that could – should – address this problem, which is repeated in all states and in all parties. Tequila was notorious for his abuses, such as attacking the family home, harassing journalists, blocking opposition leaders and his own party, blackmailing companies, and holding concerts apologizing for the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Thanks to the function of the municipal president of the municipality with the name of the Mexican emblematic drink, he is undoubtedly more memorable, but he is not the only one, because there are many mayors throughout the country.
There are three levels of conviction for organized crime mayors. Those who carried out their duties and carried them in good faith, and once in cargo, were in danger of involving some people in organized crime, especially in the management of the police; those who have been supported by what they call “the square”, with absolute complicity and prior understanding, and finally those who belong to an organized crime organization and as such are postulated by the party.
In the first case, the parties bear no responsibility, even if it can be assumed that the elected mayor is not even a victim of the circumstances of decay and insecurity throughout the country. Personally, I find such ingenuity suspect, but let’s give her the benefit of the doubt. In the latter case, the candidate is likely to agree with the “square” until the party is part of said negotiation. Here the naivety, which, as we know, is far from stupidity, is the naivety of the party leaders. Let’s also admit that it can happen. On the contrary, if the parties do not stand again for the candidate of the organized crime member, the responsibility lies entirely with the party and must be enacted and sanctioned. Only the parties, not the electoral authorities, are responsible for the candidates they postulate.
This last is the case of Alcalde de Tequila. Morena knew who Diego N. was after postulating it. In history, he was known to the National Intelligence Center for a while because he was an official in the PRI government in El Salto, where he could drink tequila as a Morena candidate. Not only that, when it was reported that he was extorting companies, Morena leaders in the state came to his defense in unison. These are the same things they say today, without prejudice to the institutional signature, which are in favor of justice and legality.
How many similar cases do MC, PRI, PAN, PRD (or whatever they want) and the same Morenas have in the country as a whole? What were the managers who invited and/or accepted them?, How much money on average? Diego N. is just one woman in the vast scope of narcopolitics in Mexico.
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