A top Mexican security official said on Friday he had resigned to seek the governorship of the northern state of Coahuila against the candidate of the ruling party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia, who last month was frustrated in his bid to secure the candidacy of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), said he would instead compete for another leftist group, the Labor Party (PT).
His decision is a blow to MORENA, which in June is hoping to add Coahuila to its tally of the country's state governments. It already controls nearly two-thirds.
