Two Days in a Row!

Another day, another article with photos, and the headline reads "Juntos Somos Zihua cumple una vez más con unos de sus compromisos" and under it there are photos of the same foreigners from Por Los Niños smiling like good little political stooges alongside a local candidate for mayor.

For those not in the know, "Juntos Somos Zihua" is the ongoing political campaign of a local candidate, Jorge Sánchez Allec (yes, same family as 3-time former mayor Jorge Allec), posing as a charity. The locals all know this, and the majority of them believe the money he is using is what he skimmed during his brief stint as a member of the current administration, a post he "earned" by "generous" campaign donations when the current mayor was a candidate.

Now if I were just your average Zihuatanejo Mexican citizen I would certainly come to the conclusion that these foreigners are indeed being used to bolster and legitimize the campaign of Jorge Sánchez, if not working directly with him, and it would certainly occur to me that they are in direct violation of the Mexican Constitución, no matter what their lawyer says. Public perception is all that counts here, and it can become a monstrous beast that sets its own events in motion regardless of what the reality is.

Just another friendly warning, Larry and friends.