Mexico City
Mexico’s attorney general resigned last week following massive protests accusing him of using his office to bring down the mayor of Mexico City. “The country’s current situation required I resign for love of my country,” said Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha, who led the effort to prosecute Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador over an obscure land dispute. López Obrador is favored to win next year’s presidential election, but he would be disqualified if he were on trial during the campaign. The charges may soon be dropped. President Vicente Fox, whose popularity was shaken by the controversy, accepted Macedo de la Concha’s resignation and promised to make sure the election was open to all.
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