Ex-candidate's disappearance rattles Mexico

A recent kidnapping in Mexico has sparked a new rise in fear that everyone can now be a potential target for a kidnapping. Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a former Mexican presidential candidate, was reported missing over the weekend and his car was found with some evidence of violence but there is still no significant proof that he was actually kidnapped. Although attorneys and politicians have been targeted before the authorities are not sure if the cartels were involved this time. Any sign that they were involved would mean an increase in the escalation in the current bloody conflict between the drug cartels and the government that has already claimed over 22,000 lives since Felipe Calderon began a crackdown in 2006. It is true that kidnappers often target the wealthy, but they usually never target such high ranking politicians which is confusing to the authorities who are currently searching for any leads that would discover what happened to the attorney.

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