Mexico Institute in the News: Mexico Drug Lord's Fate is Focus of Election Year Speculation
If Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most wanted drug suspect, were to be captured before the Presidential elections, views of current President Calderón would be better, which would in turn help the PAN candidate.
March 12, 2012, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Mexico City — A tantalizing question is spicing up talk shows and opinion columns as Mexican voters prepare to elect a new president: Will the government spring a "June surprise" by finally nabbing Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman?...
...Guzman would be a sweet trophy for President Felipe Calderon, who could use a big score before voters head to the polls July 1...
...The idea that authorities could grab Guzman any time, but don't, strikes some experts as far-fetched.
"The implication is that the United States or Mexico or Calderon has been sitting on the information and waiting for the right moment,"
said Eric Olson, a senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington.
"I don't think that's true."
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Eric L. Olson
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle International Foundation
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