Jorge Escandón Hernández, the mayor of a village in Chiapas
state, Southern Mexico, was dragged through the streets by angry locals for
allegedly failing to fulfil his campaign promises.
The mayor was pulled out of his office, tied to a pick-up
truck and dragged through the streets on Wednesday.
The locals, who include farmers in the village, are
requesting that Hernández fulfil his promise to repair a road and bring
drinking water and electricity to the community of about 500 persons.
The footage captured by a CCTV showed him being dragged
through the streets of Santa Rita, a part of Las Margaritas.
UNA SU ARRASTRADA. Alcalde de #LasMargaritas, Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, es sujetado a una camioneta que lo arrastra en pleno parque central, luego de haber sido secuestrado de la propia alcaldía #Chiapas #VideoViral pic.twitter.com/ptdP7g2w92— Tinta Fresca Chiapas (@tinta_fresca) October 8, 2019
It took police’ intervention to
free the mayor, who reportedly suffered no major injuries.
About eight hours after the
incident, the mayor appeared at the central square in Las Margaritas and gave a
speech.
He blamed leaders in the Santa
Rita community for the incident, saying he would not be intimidated.
Hernández said he would press
charges for ”abduction and attempted murder”.
According to the BBC, a group of
men had thrashed the mayor’s office four months ago when they did not find him
there.
In the build-up to the mayoral
election in Las Margaritas, he was arrested on suspicion of taking part in a
brawl with supporters of a rival candidate, but was later released for lack of
evidence.
this is exactly what should be done to nigeria politicins ,espcially th likes of abia stat governor and TA orji ,they have ripped abia state ,,the entire aba is finished ,please effcc you guys should visit abia stat and findout what is happening there
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