So, like 20 Mexican political candidates were killed just this year, right?
Nope, I just checked: 37 Mexican political candidates were killed this year.
I was going to ask the likelihood of her not being assassinated in the coming weeks, but it looks like the presidents themselves aren't assassinated as often as candidates. I guess I just wanted to bring attention to the fact that 37 political candidates in one country have been assassinated just this year.
It’s mostly lower level candidates that get killed, really (mayors, etc). And geez, I remembered hearing 30. It just keeps climbing
I mean, a dozen political candidates of any level being murdered in one year is a lot, and they tripled that shit.
People were praising Mexico, saying "I wish this was the standard in the US"
Do they want 37 political deaths (and rising) every year? It sounds so sketchy. How can they be sure she was even the people's choice?
I don't think I ever heard anybody say I wish this was the standard in the US, but whoever said that may be misinformed on the political process in Mexico.
As far as I understand, this lady is cool, does seem like the People's choice, there are no established connections between her and the cartels or any kind of corruption.
I'm excited to see how she does
Yeah, but a presidential candidate will have security. A small town mayor would not.
Depends on the country. Mexican presidential candidates still get assassinated, but the presidents themselves have security.
Yeah I got blocked out of the other post about this for even bringing this up. They said I was spreading misinformation and blocked me so I can't even respond with more sources or info.
There were 50 Mexican political candidates assassinated in 2018, but obviously we're only halfway through 2024 with more than half that, so...
I travel a lot and met a girl from Mexico who said that I had to visit, and I was like I don't know man, there is a disproportionate amount of kidnappings and violent crime specifically against tourists in Mexico.
And she was like no. I swear it's safe. I grew up there my whole life until I moved away at 30, and I never had a problem, and I was around gangsters and people like that all the time because my dad was the police chief.
I was like yeah man, I might have an inkling as to why you didn't get pushed around as much.
What community was that? I want to check the mod log to confirm and then possibly block the community. I don't want to subject myself to a news feed that prevents people from sharing straight facts.
Which means she got the cartels support. Which says that she may not as left as people think.
I've heard this said, but I haven't seen any evidence of it, and there is pretty widely available evidence of every candidate that is connected with the cartel, so I'm not convinced at this point.
I guess, show your work.
@jordanlund@lemmy.world, hoping this is different enough from the pinned thread
Yup, I'm taking down the pinned one now that results are known. Will do the same for India tomorrow.
By far one of the less influenced article; we have problems in Mexico but Claudia give us a lot of hope things will change.
Congrats mexico
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