Note: Those who were in Sonora in that time frame not very impressed
with his administration.
(understatement) PRI best known for massive corruption, and
facilitating the drug cartels path to their current power. Should
the party regain the presidency, will they again "manage" the
cartels, or will the now more powerful cartels "manage" them?
Ex-Sonora governor Beltrones lets presidential dream die
Tim Steller, Arizona | Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:29 am
Manlio Fabio Beltrones, a senator who was governor of Sonora, decided
last week not to run for his party's nomination for president.
Governor hints at further political life after hand-over
By Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star
Publication Date: October 20, 1997 Page: 4A Section: NEWS Edition:
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HERMOSILLO, Sonora - Sonoran Gov. Manlio Fabio Beltrones plans to
move - at least temporarily - to his house in Mexico City after
handing over power Wednesday to the new governor, Armando Lopez Nogales.
The question circulating around Hermosillo is, what job will he get
there?
By his own admission, Beltrones is a man with ambitions beyond
Sonora."I would like my dreams (for Sonora) to come true throughout
the country," he said during a radio interview last week.
Earlier in his tenure, political gossip frequently placed Beltrones
as a presidential candidate for the long-ruling Institutional
Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
But Beltrones' dream veered briefly toward nightmare after a February
New York Times story alleged links between him and Mexico'
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Manlio Fabio Beltrones was a governor of Sonora whom Arizona came to
know.
That alone says something about the man, who was a political star in
Mexico when he governed Sonora from 1991 to 1997.
Even then, people spoke of him as a possible presidential candidate,
the Sonoran who could follow in the footsteps of the assassinated
presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. (See the sidebar for my
story on Beltrones' future in 1997. In a pair of chances I had to
interview Beltrones, I found him intelligent and intense.)
Beltrones was forced to delay pursuing that presidential dream. A
1997 New York Times exposé implicated him and another Mexican
governor of supporting drug traffickers. He contested those
accusations, hiring former Star reporter Keith Rosenblum to write a
book critiquing the Times story.
But Beltrones persisted and was re-elected to Mexico's lower house in
2003, then to the senate in 2006. There, he became president of the
body and was again discussed as a "presidenciable" -- that is, a man
who could be made president.
He made his decision last week to give up the dream, and he announced
it in a video on his home page. His motivation, he said, was to unify
the PRI party behind the candidacy of Enrique Peña Nieto. After
Beltrones stepped aside, Peña Nieto made his candidacy official this
weekend.
I'll have more on Beltrones in tomorrow's Star.
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Comments;
5 minutes ago
you have to do a little bit more research. Beltrones was never
elected by the people. he was given a senator seat by his party (PRI)
in Mexico there are 200 seats given to the parties to "handout" to
special interest people (like Beltrones) every election. the parties
divide these seats according to the percentage of votes each party
got on the general election. this is the most anti-democratic thing
that can happen. Beltrones was even the leader of the Senate not
having the approval of the people, except his party's selection
committee. This is just proof of the highest corruption in
government. By declining the nomination is nothing noble of his part.
he just realized that he can keep being a senator for life and keep
filling his pockets with money the easy way.
article that talks about his "handout": http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/
notas.asp?nota_id=60512
Note: good background.
article about his ties to drugs:
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/23/world/drug-ties-taint-2-mexican-
governors.html
Ex-Sonora governor abandons presidential bid, seeks PRI unity
Tim Steller Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
12:00 am
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/ex-sonora-governor-abandons-
presidential-bid-seeks-pri-unity/article_18388bc5-ec5f-5656-a8df-
a977da696170.html
Manlio Fabio Beltrones, who was a cross-border political star when
governor of Sonora in the 1990s, has given up his long-held dream of
Mexico's presidency.
In an online video, Beltrones, now a senator, said last week that in
the name of party unity, he would cease his pursuit of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party's nomination for president.
"This is one of the moments in life and politics in which one has to
decide between striving to be an important figure and being a useful
man," he said. "I've decided not to participate in the nominating
process for the presidency, opting instead to be a useful man for my
country and my party."
Beltrones' party, known as the PRI, dominated Mexico for 70 years
before ceding the presidency in 2000. He came of age in the
conservative wing of the party, now known as the "Dinosaurs," but
didn't take high office until Mexico was moving away from one-party
rule.
"His star rose at an inopportune time," said Ed Williams, an emeritus
professor of political science at the University of Arizona.
During the 1990s, Beltrones and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington
formed a partnership that boosted the cross-border relationship as
the North American Free Trade Agreement was coming into effect.
Beltrones' political rise stalled in 1997, the last year of his
governorship, when The New York Times published an exposé accusing
him and another governor of collaborating with drug traffickers. When
Beltrones' term ended that year, he had to rebuild his career.
One of his moves was to hire Keith Rosenblum, a former Arizona Daily
Star reporter, to write an analysis and critique of the Times story,
one of several Times stories on Mexico that won a Pulitzer Prize in
1997. The book, titled "No Accuser, No Crime, but You're Guilty,"
came out in 2001.
In 2003, Beltrones won election to the lower house of Mexico's
congress. And in 2006, he became a senator through a process that
essentially allows the parties to name a number of senators in
proportion to the party's share of the vote.
In that role, he emerged as the leader of the Senate and developed a
reputation as a pragmatist, said Roderic Camp, a political-science
professor and expert on Mexico's politics at Claremont-McKenna
College in California. But in the meantime, a new young governor had
emerged as the PRI's next star.
Beltrones' decision cleared the way for that man, State of Mexico
Gov. Enrique Peña Nieto, to announce his solo pursuit of the PRI
party's nomination over the weekend.
Beltrones was long an underdog to Peña Nieto, Camp said. What changed
this month is that Mexico's left-wing parties settled on a single
candidate, he said, and that forced the PRI to make its decision early.
Still, that doesn't mean the 59-year-old Beltrones is disappearing
from the scene, Camp said.
"If Peña Nieto goes on to win in July, Beltrones could reasonably
expect a high position in the new government."
Contact reporter Tim Steller at 807-8427 or at tsteller@azstarnet.com
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a8df-a977da696170.html#ixzz1fCmClnW1
Governor hints at further political life after hand-over
By Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star
Publication Date: October 20, 1997 Page: 4A Section: NEWS Edition:
mon
HERMOSILLO, Sonora - Sonoran Gov. Manlio Fabio Beltrones plans to
move - at least temporarily - to his house in Mexico City after
handing over power Wednesday to the new governor, Armando Lopez Nogales.
The question circulating around Hermosillo is, what job will he get
there?
By his own admission, Beltrones is a man with ambitions beyond
Sonora."I would like my dreams (for Sonora) to come true throughout
the country," he said during a radio interview last week.
Earlier in his tenure, political gossip frequently placed Beltrones
as a presidential candidate for the long-ruling Institutional
Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
But Beltrones' dream veered briefly toward nightmare after a February
New York Times story alleged links between him and Mexico's most
notorious drug trafficker, Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
Beltrones pursued defamation charges in Mexico against the story's
authors, but federal authorities determined this month that the
charges couldn't stand because the story was published in the United
States.
Beltrones also alleged this year that Carrillo had sent a
"lieutenant" to warn the governor that his whole family would
disappear after he leaves office.
But on July 4, Carrillo died during plastic surgery, according to
Mexican authorities and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. But
Beltrones still isn't sure that Carrillo's death wasn't faked.
On Friday he said of the threat, "I don't let it disappear because
I'm not certain (Carrillo) has disappeared. I guard that doubt."
If Carrillo is dead, Beltrones' problems pale in comparison to those
of his former colleague to the north, ex-Arizona Gov. Fife Symington,
who awaits sentencing after being convicted of fraud last month.
During the terms of the two governors, their personal friendship
helped strengthen the bonds between the two states.
Beltrones said he has spoken with Symington several times since the
conviction.
"I've spoken with him by telephone, since we have a friendship that I
appreciate," Beltrones said.
"We spoke about universal subjects," not specifically about
Symington's conviction, he said.
Now Beltrones says he will let Lopez, who is also a PRI member,
establish himself without interference. Although Beltrones maintains
a house in Sonora, he will spend at least the next few months in
Mexico City, he said.
"It's a courtesy that the governor who is leaving office go outside
the state," he said. "The least courtesy you can give him is to let
him dedicate his time to governing."
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future/article_7aee3cac-1ab5-11e1-a31a-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1f80DRDTJ
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