In the face of increasing violence in Sinaloa, on Mexico's northwest Pacific coast, governor Mario López Valdez announced yesterday that his four children have left the country.
On November 4 eight people were machine gunned to death in the capital city of Culiacán while playing volleyball in a city park. Six others were injured in the attack. (http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.com/2011/11/eight-executed-during-volleyball-game.html).
On November 7 the mayor of the popular coastal resort city of Mazatlán narrowly survived an assassination attempt while he was returning from a business trip to Culiacán. (http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.com/2011/11/mayor-of-pacific-coast-resort-survives.html).
On November 23, 25 bodies were found in abandoned vehicles in Culiacán and other communities in Sinaloa state. The brutalized and burned remains of at least 20 of the execution victims suggested that they may have been involved in drug trafficking. Three others were local police officers. Several victims were taken from their homes by armed squads, and some were kidnapped on the street. No one has been arrested in the murders. (http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-terror-strikes-sinaloa-as-bodies-of.html#more).
Governor López Valdez said, "If at any moment I arrest someone important and they seize one of my children (in retaliation), it puts me in a real predicament. To eliminate the risk of this, we're taking all appropriate steps to avoid any such vulnerability, so that we can fully discharge our security duties."
The children of Sinaloa's secretary of governmental affairs also have been removed from the country, according to a spokesperson. There is no indication where the officials' children have been sent.
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