Pace of Scandals Picks Up in Mexico, Aided by Social Media, Political Opening E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press
go to original June 26, 2013

MEXICO CITY - It's a scandal a day in Mexico: an ex-governor sent to jail, another under investigation, mysterious money popping up in senators' bank accounts, politicians passing stacks of bills on YouTube.

Scandals are nothing new to Mexican politics, but the pace of revelations is accelerating as a more robust democracy and social media have emboldened Mexico's watchdogs, who are increasingly trying to bring the officials to justice or at least publicly shame them. And much of the new attention focuses on scandals in states, where the powerful grip of governors often had masked wrongdoing in the past.

In the latest case, the former governor of the southern state of Tabasco went before a judge at a Mexico City prison Wednesday and was arraigned on charges of tax evasion and use of illicit resources. He declined to enter a plea.

Andres Granier left his state of Tabasco with a financial disaster, according to the governor who replaced him and launched an investigation. As allegations of missing millions flew across the media, radio and television stations began broadcasting a recording of Granier boasting about owning hundreds of suits and pairs of shoes and about shopping at Beverly Hills luxury stores.

... But it is just one of many scandals swirling around officials from all of Mexico's major parties.

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