Mexico mayor tied to automobile:
Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the incident in southern Mexico after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, tied to a pick-up truck and dragged through the streets in broad view of the general public.
Police intervened to free Mayor Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who reportedly suffered no major injuries.
It was the second attack by farmers demanding that he fulfil his campaign promise to repair a local road.
Extra officers have been deployed to the village in Chiapas state.
Mayors and local politicians in Mexico are often targeted by drug cartels and gangs when they refuse to cooperate with their criminal schemes but it is less common for them to be attacked over their campaign promises.
Mr Escandón said he would press charges for abduction and attempted murder.
Video taken by bystanders outside the mayor’s office showed a group of men pulling him out of the building and forcing him onto the back of the vehicle.
CCTV Footage captured later by a CCTV showed him being dragged along, he was tied with a rope around his hands to the back of the truck through the streets of Santa Rita, which forms part of Las Margaritas.
It took dozens of municipal police officers to stop the vehicle and rescue the mayor. Several people were injured during in scuffles between the police and those the mob who had abducted the mayor.
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