New Independent Governor 'El Bronco' Rodriguez May be Mexico's New Zorro Al Jazeera English
go to original November 3, 2015

So what drives El Bronco? And what is his vision for the future of Mexico? On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, we talk to the man who claims to be on a mission to save his people from evil - Governor Jaime Rodriguez Calderon. (Al Jazeera)

He is known as "El Bronco" - the man who cannot be tamed. And he says he is launching a new Mexican revolution. Against all odds, Governor Jaime Rodriguez Calderon has challenged the establishment to become Mexico's first independent governor - in a country where three parties have monopolised power for seven decades.

And he has done so by vowing to wipe out widespread corruption and impunity in his prosperous state of Nuevo Leon, a major economic hub that borders Texas. As mayor of his district, the rags-to-riches farmer and politician survived two assassination attempts when he took on the feared Zeta drug cartel. Now as governor, he is warning the establishment and organized crime that the "party is over for the bandits".

Jaime Rodriguez grew up on a farm, the fourth of 10 children raised by an illiterate mother and a father who toiled the land to give him an education. His heroes are the Lone Ranger and Zorro, the fictional masked rider who battled injustice in Mexico - "because he fought for justice to free people from evil.

An eccentric with an oversized ego to some, a hero to others, Jaime Rodriguez is without a doubt one of a kind in Mexico, where corruption and rampant violence go largely unpunished.

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