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  • This Is What They Do To Mayors In Mexico Who Don’t Fulfil Campaign Promises [Video]

    10 Oct 2019 by Carrie in Lifestyle, Mexico, Politics, Video
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    If you’re elected to political office in Mexico, you’d better be ready to make good on all of your campaign promises.

    Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández of Las Margaritas in Chiapas State promised to fix a problematic road in the region. He didn’t fix the road, so the locals decided to take him to it, in the worst possible way.

    Before we hand over to the New York Post for what happens when you don’t give the people what they want, note that the mayor came out of this with only a few cuts and bruises.

    He’s fine, but probably pretty petrified:

    A mob tied the mayor of a Mexican village to the back of a truck and dragged him through the streets — because he failed to fulfill his campaign promises, according to reports.

    Video footage of the violence shows the men forcing Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández of Las Margaritas in Chiapas State out of his office before tying him to a Toyota pickup Tuesday.

    Check it out:

    Go into politics they said. It will be fun, they said.

    Dozens of municipal police officers ultimately stopped the vehicle and rescued the mayor, the paper reported.

    At least 10 people were subsequently injured in scuffles between the farmers and police and 11 people were arrested, local authorities said.

    Roughly eight hours after the attack, Escandón Hernández appeared in a public square and gave a speech blaming local community leaders, and saying he refused to be intimidated.

    This is the second time that Hernández has been targeted by angry farmers.

    Four months ago, a group of men allegedly trashed Escandón Hernández’s office when they didn’t find him inside.

    It’s common for Mexican drug gangs to target mayors and local politicians when they refuse to cooperate with criminal activities, but officials are seldom attacked solely for neglecting their campaign promises.

    The mayor himself was arrested in the lead-up to the city’s election under suspicion of brawling with rival supporters. He was later released.

    Sounds like a rough town.

    It would be great to see South African politicians held accountable, but perhaps not like this.

    [source:nypost]

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