[Becki]

The police chief in Mexico City is under López Obrador's authority, since AMLO is the current Governor of the Federal District, which comprises most of Mexico City.

I have a question. The police force may be under Obrador's control, but the police force in Mexico is not very efficient.

In contrast, the ejercito is very efficient. And I don't believe there is anything in Mexican law against calling the ejercito out on citizens. They are not used often, but when they are, they achieve results. And they are not adverse to using any force necessary.

Do you think Fox will trump Obrador?

Becki

[livius]

The Mexican police can be pretty aggressive when they want to be, but that is a good question.

What is the situation with the army? Can the Mexican president call out our equivalent to the National Guard to keep order? I believe I read somewhere that Fox had the army on alert on Sunday night/Monday morning when it emerged that Obrador was not going to win. St. Jacques, do you know?

[StJacques]

"Do you think Fox will trump Obrador?"

If Obrador is reckless enough to challenge Fox's authority directly, yes, I don't doubt that eventually Fox will triumph. But the problem is what will happen between the challenge and the triumph (how messy will it get?) and what will happen everywhere else in the country afterwards, especially in the PRD strongholds along the Gulf Coast and in the far south of the country? I can guess the short-term outcome pretty quickly, but the long-term implications of it are an unknown to me and some of them portend for ill.