NYT:

A popular candidate for governor of Tamaulipas State who had made increased security his prime campaign pledge was killed along with at least four others Monday morning when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade as he headed to a campaign event, the authorities said.

This was just two days after a “popular singer who often sang of the drug trade… was killed as he drove his red Cadillac Saturday night in Sinaloa State. Hours earlier, he had denied reports that he had been shot to death.”

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...

3 replies on “Meanwhile in Mexico”

  1. And here we are at the end of it all, snorting the blood of Mexicans brave enough to openly stand against the takeover of their country by drug cartels. There ain’t no such thing as fair trade coke.

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