05/13/2024

The Elections Next Door

Mexico’s cartels pick candidates and kill their rivals

This time, Willy Ochoa brought reinforcements.

This time, unlike the last time, he'd be ready for cartel attacks. He was accompanied by three truckloads of national guard troops. Two state police cars with flashing red lights. He rode in his own bulletproof SUV,and had a complement of muscular bodyguards. One sat in the bed of a pickup truck, his eyes fixed on the sky.

"He's making sure they don't fire a bomb from a drone," Ochoa explained.

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