Mexican presidential candidate missing

[IScreamSundays]

Source: Chron

MEXICO CITY — A former Mexican presidential candidate who has remained a power broker in the ruling party was missing amid signs of violence, the federal Attorney General's Office said Saturday.

Prosecutors said that the car of Diego Fernandez de Cevallos was found near his ranch in the central state of Queretaro. It said some of his belongings were found inside the car as well as unspecified "signs of violence."

The Mexican newspaper El Universal reported that federal sources said Fernandez de Cevallos had been kidnapped, but a federal prosecutor' spokeswoman said she couldn't confirm that.

Fernandez de Cevallos, 69, was the 1994 presidential candidate of the National Action Party that now governs Mexico and he has continued to be an influential figure, as well as one of Mexico's most successful attorneys.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. It doesn't sound good, does it? He is elderly, too. Very sad.

It would be good to think it's only a simple kidnapping and he can be returned to his life soon. Sometimes that happens.

Thank you, IScreamSundays. Welcome to D.U. :hi:

[IScreamSundays]

3. Thank you nt

[a la izquierda]

2. jeez, that's not good.

[alp227]

4. "Signs of violence" uhoh, cartels? n/t

[Judi Lynn]

5. Key Mexican ruling party politician feared dead

Key Mexican ruling party politician feared dead
By Mica Rosenberg Mica Rosenberg – 27 mins ago

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A major figure in Mexican President Felipe Calderon's conservative party was missing and feared dead on Saturday after his abandoned car was found with signs of violence, the attorney general's office said.

Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, 69, an outspoken lawyer who was a presidential candidate for Calderon's National Action Party, or PAN, in the 1990s and has been an influential lawmaker, disappeared late on Friday, local officials said.

His car was discovered near his ranch in the central state of Queretaro with some of his personal belongings inside and blood on a pair of scissors thrown on the ground nearby, Queretaro state public prosecutor Arsenio Duran told local radio.

Some Mexican media reported that Fernandez de Cevallos, often dubbed "Jefe Diego" (Chief Diego) in Mexico, was dead but federal and local officials could not confirm that.

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100515/ts_nm/us_mexico_politician