El Alcalde

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01/02/2015 disturbing, but interesting if you're interested in issues of drug violence and See more 05/02/2014 Colorful portrait of a very controversial but successful mexican politician, the wealthy mayor of a suburb town of Monterey, the richest town in Mexico. Coming from one of the richest and most influental families, he installed a secret intelligence police, a database of all domestic servants (this was left out in the movie), got the crime rate down to effective zero, and many wonder how. His approval rate was 90%, but he only served for 2 years. In his famous commencement speech, he mentioned that the man who issued him a death threat had been killed in Mexico City. This was done before the body was found by the authorities. Did he strike a deal with the cartel's, did his strong man image make him succeed, the secret police, the likely illegal methods? See also http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/world/americas/21mexico.html See more Read all reviews

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