A politician in southern Mexico who is listed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a fugitive has now been reported missing and is believed to be the victim of a cartel kidnapping.
The incident went largely unnoticed for several days in Mexico following the March 28 disappearance of Rogelio Portillo Jaramillo, the current head of the Mexican Federal Welfare office in the town of Huetamo, Michoacan. Various individuals close to the politician point to Portillo having been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. They revealed that his burned-out truck had been found this week, and government officials publicly claim he is a missing person.
In 2021, Portillo ran for an unsuccessful bid for Mayor of Huetamo under Mexico’s ruling party MORENA. The local race drew national attention at the time because just two months before the election, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration listed him as a wanted fugitive out
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