Nuevo Leon State Governor to Crack Down on Corruption but Problem Runs Deep David Agren - The Guardian
go to original December 9, 2015

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

Jaime Rodríguez, the cowboy-politician who earlier this year became Mexico’s first independent state governor, has promised to pursue more than 100 corruption cases in the northern state of Nuevo León.

Speaking in the state capital, Monterrey, “El Bronco” announced plans to reorganize the state attorney general’s office to focus on corruption cases and reeled off a list of government agencies open to investigations: the local metro, waterworks, public works and finance departments, along with projects undertaken by his predecessor.

“We have the delicate task of pursuing crimes of corruption,” he said on Monday. “This is something new in the country.”

Rodríguez rode into office on a wave of discontent against political parties – considered the most corrupt institutions in Mexico – and pledged to clean house in a state once famous for thrift and industry, but scandalized by crime and corruption in recent years.

His tough-talking ways are attracting national attention and putting him in position to challenge for the presidency in 2018 as an outsider candidate.

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