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Mexicans to Vote Amid Drug-Fueled Violence

MEXICO CITY (June 30) -- As drug-trade violence mars the run-up to a brace of elections in Mexico, a troubling figure has resurfaced as the leading mayoral candidate in Mexico's murder capital. Hector "Teto" Murguia Lardizabal, 57, a former mayor of the violent border city Ciudad Juarez, left office in 2007 under a cloud...

Mexican Governor Candidate Killed, Cartels Blamed

MEXICO CITY (June 28) -- Gunmen assassinated the front-running candidate for governor of a Mexican border state Monday in what President Felipe Calderon called an attempt by drug gangs to sway local and state elections this weekend. The assailants ambushed Rodolfo Torre's vehicle as he headed to the airport in Ciudad...

Background on Rodolfo Torre

Rodolfo Torre Cantú (February 14, 1964 – June 28, 2010) was a Mexican physician and politician. He held a number of public offices, such as Federal deputy, Secretary of Health of Tamaulipas and Director-general of the DIF (National System for Integral Family Development) in Ciudad Victoria.

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