Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tentacles of corruption

I have to remind myself that the speculations or journalists are not legally admissible bits of evidence.

Missing Mexico students: Guerrero state governor to resign

The governor of Mexico's southern Guerrero state - where 43 students went missing after clashing with police last month - has said he is standing down.

Angel Aguirre said he hoped the move would create "a more favourable political climate to bring about the solution to the crisis"…

Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam on Thursday said there appeared to be deep ties across the southern state between politicians, the police and drug gangs.

He said arrest warrants had been issued for Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, his wife, and the town's police chief. They are suspected of ordering the police to hand over the students to local gangsters.

All three suspects have gone missing…

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