news El Financiero 2026-10-05

Recent arrest of mayor highlights deep ties between municipal government and organized crime

The arrest of Jorge Lorenzo Lara Cordero, mayor of Suchiapa, for alleged links to a local drug cartel underscores a persistent problem of political corruption in Mexico.

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