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From Prison Former “CT Mayor” Seeks to Name Successor

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:13
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The Michoacán State Legislature is currently considering naming the replacement for former mayor of Lázaro Cárdenas, Archímides Oseguera, who was arrested after appearing in the now-famous La Tuta video filmed at his house in Lázaro Cárdenas.

State law allows the deputies from his party (PRD) to choose the replacement, with the whole chamber later ratifying this decision. Yesterday the deputies from PRD were set to choose the successor.  

One faction led by the leader of the PRD deputies in the chamber, Fidel Calderón Torreblanca, had been pushing for the the wife of Oseguera, Nayeli Julieta Pedraza, to be named the new mayor.  The other faction led by state PRD leaders, such as Federal Deputy Silvano Aureoles Conejo (who's emerging as an AD supporter in next summer's governors race), was seeking to have the elected city administrator, Manuel Barreras Ibarra, named as mayor.

Well, yesterday, the Calderón Torreblanca faction switched its allegiance to city water director Agustin Zapién Ramírez.  Zapién is famous for appearing in the SAME VIDEO with La Tuta that brought down Oseguera.  He's also had several complaints filed against him for his work as water director for Lázaro Cárdenas.

It gets better.  It turns out that Calderón Torreblanca switched his support to Zapién after receiving a letter sent from prison by former mayor Oseguera.  In the letter, Oseguera recommends Zapién to Calderón Torreblanca as “someone who's aware of the promises we made during the campaign …. working very close with me in getting out the vote.”

When the existence of the letter came out, there was an explosion of outrage, and Calderón Torreblanca was forced to cancel the vote and re-scheduled the decision for June 3rd. 

Sources: Provincia-Milenio-La jornada Michoacan 


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