Unrest South of the Border

I discussed the potential of civil unrest or even revolution in Mexico both here

An effort is being made by Vicente Fox to have Manuel López Obrador disqualified as a presidential candidate using a little known and little used Mexican Law, Desafuero. The Narcosphere reports that it is not the first time this law has been used in Mexico and that the last time it was used it resulted in a revolution.

and at Running Scared. Although we still have not heard from the MSM on this issue Al Giordano gives us an update this morning.

The last national public opinion poll taken in Mexico before the "desafuero" of Mexico City Governor Andrés Manuel López Obrador was made official on Thursday, showed that López Obrador has gained even more electoral support - and that his likely PRI and PAN party opponents had plummetted from the 20-percentiles into the teens.
The new poll, taken by Instituto de Mercadotecnia y Opinión (IMO, in its Spanish initials, or the Marketing and Opinon Institute) shows that the man known as "El Peje," López Obrador, is running away with the 2006 presidential race. The survey was taken March 29 and 30. The margin of error is three percent. Here are the results:

Which of these candidates would you vote for in the 2006 presidential election?

• Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) 46.4%


• Santiago Creel (PAN) 16.7%


• Roberto Madrazo (PRI) 15.1%

We look forward to the first post-"desafuero" poll.
We also look forward to the poll after that: the one taken after López Obrador is sent to jail awaiting trial for a "crime" (his administration disobeyed a court order involving a very small tract of land) that his accusers, too, are guilty of, but they control the government, and therefore - of course - they weren't charged.

Since the MSM probably won't tell us anything until the shooting starts check with Al Giordana at The NarcoSphere for the latest.