# Mexico goes to the polls this weekend. 132 politicians have been killed since campaigning began, per

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-goes-to-the-polls-this-weekend-132-politicians-have-been-killed-since-campaigning-began-per/817012 "2018-06-29T19:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-goes-to-the-polls-this-weekend-132-politicians-have-been-killed-since-campaigning-began-per/817012/21 "2018-06-30T00:15:41Z")

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> [@Delicious](#):
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> I know nothing about Mexican politics but \>100 dead politicians sounds huge, are these all parliament/senate level politicians or more local?

Most are local or state level candidates. The violence is a product of the infiltration of politics by the drug cartels.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-goes-to-the-polls-this-weekend-132-politicians-have-been-killed-since-campaigning-began-per/817012/22 "2018-06-30T00:29:13Z")

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> [@Silver\_lining](#):
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> Mexico goes to the polls this weekend. 132 politicians have been killed since campaigning began, per one count.
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> [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/27/americas/mexico-political-deaths-election-season-trnd/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/27/americas/mexico-political-deaths-election-season-trnd/index.html)

So?

Do you have a point that you wish to make and discuss?

Opening a thread by simply dropping an unremarked link onto the page is not a favored practice on the debate threads on the SDMB. If you would like to simply indicate recreational outrage, I could move this thread to either MPSIMS or The BBQ Pit for you.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-goes-to-the-polls-this-weekend-132-politicians-have-been-killed-since-campaigning-began-per/817012/23 "2018-06-30T01:51:33Z")

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And you’ve been warned about it before.

As Bone once said, this ain’t Fark. Link drops aren’t our sort of thing.

Warning issued…again…keep it up and bad things will occur.

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