Mayor in Mexico tied to a truck and dragged through streets for ‘failing to fulfill campaign promises’

Yahoo News

Angry farmers in Mexico abducted the mayor of their village and dragged him through the streets after claiming he went back on key campaign promises.

Police intervened to free Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who suffered no major injuries after the ordeal. 

A group of protesters armed with clubs and rocks detained the mayor of Las Margaritas and tied him to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him through the streets, according to local news website El Heraldo de Mexico.

Footage of the attack shows the man being dragged along a road, with a mob running after him.

It was the second attack by farmers demanding that he fulfil his campaign promise to repair a local road and bring drinking water and electricity to the community of roughly 500.

In an earlier incident four months ago, a group of men ransacked his office after turning up there and finding it empty.

Eight hours after the incident, the mayor appeared on the central square in Las Margaritas and gave a speech, holding leaders in the Santa Rita community responsible and saying he would not be intimidated.

Mayors and local politicians in Mexico are routinely targeted by drug gangs when they refuse to cooperate or accept bribes.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said 10 people were injured in the incident and 11 were arrested.

Mr Hernandez said he views the attempt as abduction and attempted murder and will press charges.

https://news.yahoo.com/mayor-mexico-tied-truck-dragged-142353689.html

10 thoughts on “Mayor in Mexico tied to a truck and dragged through streets for ‘failing to fulfill campaign promises’

    1. MOSTLY JUST THREE DIVISIONS OF BEANER…….
      JEWS CATHOLICS, AND MORONS…….. ONE CAN QUITE OFTEN ALSO BE ANOTHER
      THE CATEGORIES OVERLAP SEVERELY……….GREAT FOR ADMIRALTY SLAVE FODDER.

    1. They’ve eaten a mile more of shit than we have. The less people have to lose, the more dangerous they become.

        1. And how about our own tent-cities? Could this mean we might soon see so uprising from there? Hard to organize when you’re cold and starving.

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  1. ‘It was the second attack by farmers ‘ shazam, this guy must be at the low end of the learning curve 🙂

  2. “Mr Hernandez said he views the attempt as abduction and attempted murder and will press charges.”

    Better sleep with one eye open, scumbag.

  3. Let me guess…

    It was a FORD truck…..

    Built Ford Tough….

    I believe it was one of their old corporate commercial ad slogans..

    Well …., I got a new corporate ad slogan for Ford….

    Ford Trucks…. built Ford Tough….!!!

    Tougher then that fking mayor that just got his azz drug behind our new 2020 F-150 Super Duty.

    When the spokesperson for the Mayor replied for public comment ……

    She stated the Mayor had made a statement about the incident…..

    Quoting…. off record…

    Saying …., he was just glad it wasn’t a 2020 Dodge RAM 3500 Bighorn.

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