When infrastructure week goes REALLY wrong: Mexico mayor tied to a car and dragged through the street over failed campaign promise to repair a road

Yikes. Voters in Mexico treat a failed campaign promise to repair a road slightly differently than voters in America (thankfully he suffered no major injuries):

Mexico mayor tied to car and dragged along by angry locals https://t.co/mz5P3KZ3eZ

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 9, 2019

From the BBC:

Eleven people have been arrested in southern Mexico after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, tied to a pick-up truck and dragged through the streets.

Police intervened to free Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who reportedly suffered no major injuries.

It was the second attack by farmers demanding that he fulfil his campaign promise to repair a local road.

Here’s the moment the mayor was dragged out of his office:

#Enterate Circula en redes video en el que pobladores del ejido Santa Rita en el municipio de #LasMargaritas, #Chiapas, suben en una camioneta al alcalde Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández. Los motivos es porque no ha cumplido lo prometido en campaña. pic.twitter.com/Yywx2exGAC

— Tabasco Al Minuto (@Tabalminutomx) October 8, 2019

And here’s surveillance footage of him getting dragged by the pickup truck:

BUEN EJEMPLO PARA LOS EMBUSTEROS.
Por no cumplir sus promesas electorales, alcalde de #LasMargaritas, Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, es sujetado a una camioneta que lo arrastra en pleno parque central, luego de secuestrarlo de la alcaldía #Chiapas pic.twitter.com/dPPgCnoFyp

— Adel El Zabayar (@Zabayar) October 9, 2019

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