NYTIMES/ Mauricio Fernández, 59, is the recently elected mayor of Mexico's wealthiest suburb, San Pedro Garza Garcia, located just outside Monterrey. Fernandez is a lightning rod for controversy because he runs his own intelligence operation, complete with confidential informants inside organized crime. He even announced the murder of a major mobster before law enforcement officials found the body. Fernandez's approach is fueling the debate about how best to deal with the narco gangs that are terrorizing Mexico. A recent poll showed 9 out of 10 residents there supported him. “People support him because if there’s something bad happening, it passes us by,” said a business owner. “And if he has ties to bad people, well, it’s all right.”
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