On May 28th the opposition PAN party pulled off a stunt in the Mexican Senate which brought together two ongoing issues relating to crime and security.
The two issues are
1. The conflict between the MORENA-led federal government and Maru Campos, PANista Governor of Chihuahua state, regarding the presence of U.S. agents there.
2. The Indictment Crisis. A U.S. federal court indicted 10 Mexican officials/former officials of the state of Sinaloa for colluding with narcos. ( Three are already in U.S. custody.) The biggest fish of the ten is Ruben Rocha, MORENA-party Governor of Sinaloa currently on a temporary leave of absence to fight the charges.
Right: Ruben Rocha, Governor of Sinaloa (on leave). Source: Presidency of Mexico
On the 28th of May, in the Mexican Senate, 22 senators of the PAN party wore t-shirts reading “Yo con Maru”, meaning “I support Maru” (governor of Chihuahua). They came to the podium, also bringing 67 t-shirts in the color of the ruling MORENA party, which read “Yo con Rocha” meaning “I support Ruben Rocha” (the most prominent indictee).
Here’s a close-up of the Rocha t-shirts:
PAN Senator and coordinator Ricardo Anaya (at the podium) asked “Who would come up here and put on a ‘Yo Con Rocha’ t-shirt?'” and “Seriously, nobody? No senator of MORENA wants to put on the ‘Yo Con Rocha’ t-shirt?”
Only two MORENA senators accepted a Rocha t-shirt but nobody put one on.
MORENA Senator Gerardo Fernandez Norona was incensed: “They are disrespecting the majority group, making unfounded accusations without any proof.”