CULIACAN, Mexico ? The governor of Sinaloa state, home to Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, said Thursday that his three children are living abroad for their safety.
Gov. Mario Lopez Valdez says police have overheard cartel members on radio frequencies discussing how to kidnap one of his relatives or close associates, in the hope of exchanging them for an arrested cartel operator.
"We took the necessary measures, to the extent that we can, in order not to be in a vulnerable situation, and to be able to fulfill our duties on the issue of security," Lopez Valdez told reporters.
The statement represents a rare admission of the personal dangers faced by Mexico's governors.
None has been killed by drug gangs. But in 2010, the former governor of the Pacific state of Colima, Silverio Cavazos Ceballos, was killed by armed men a year after he left office. That same year, the leading candidate for the governorship of the border state of Tamaulipas was assassinated.
Sinaloa is considered particularly dangerous because it is the cradle of Sinaloa cartel.
Lopez Valdez said his children live abroad as a security measure "to avoid having to mourn things," but he did not specify where they were.
The governor also said that a series of 24 killings in Sinaloa Wednesday were part of disputes between drug factions.
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