Electoral violence in the run-up to the federal, state and municipal elections on 7 June has been the worst in Mexico’s modern history. That was the blunt assessment of Lizbeth Rosas, a vice-president of the federal chamber of deputies and part of the bicameral national security commission. But while electoral violence is alarming, arguably more disturbing is the lawlessness in Chilapa in the state of Guerrero, where it has recently emerged that dozens of young men were abducted (and possibly murdered) in mid May by an armed gang which took charge of the city while the security forces looked on. This despite the gruesome precedent of Iguala, in the same state, where 43 trainee students ‘disappeared’ last September.End of preview - This article contains approximately 948 words.
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