An influential Mexican politician, Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, has been missing since Friday. Mexican President Felipe Calderon has ordered that the search for the politician be expanded from Queretaro, the central state where his vehicle was found, to across the entire country. Prosecutors say that there were "signs of violence" found in the vehicle, and many worry that he has been kidnapped or killed, given the continuing violence in the country between security forces and powerful drug cartels. However, neither family nor the police has received ransom demands or any type of information concerning his whereabouts. Soldiers are searching the rural areas surrounding his ranch for evidence, and police have checked local hospitals in case he had been taken in unconscious or under a false name.
Fernandez de Cevallos lost in the Presidential election in 1994, but has continued to serve as a senator and congressman, as well as being a very successful lawyer.
Submitted by: Katie Kregor
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