We may have invented it.

"At the beginning of 2023, the state of Sinaloa endured hours of violence as Mexican authorities hunted down and captured Ovidio Guzman, the son of the famous drug trafficker Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. "Blockades, shootings and citizens locked in their homes," "Wresting back control, even momentarily, comes at a high cost (29 people died in this operation, including military personnel and alleged criminals)." "Part of this violence is the product of criminal governance," "There are areas in Latin America where criminals have taken charge of maintaining public services, building infrastructure and even dispensing justice." In India, "The chances of winning for a candidate with declared criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2019 is 15.5 percent whereas for a candidate with a clean background, it is 4.7 percent." India Today. "Out of the 539 winners analysed in the Lok Sabha 2019, 233 MPs declared criminal cases against themselves." An increase of 44% over 2009. "The number of criminal cases pending in subordinate courts against sitting and former lawmakers rose from 4,110 in December 2018 to 4,984 in December 2021, a report presented to the Supreme Court revealed." The Print. "Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 1,339 cases still pending for final disposal." "About 31 percent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves while the average assets of the Upper House members are Rs 79.54 crore (Rs 795.4 million), according to a report released by ADR-National Election Watch." Some MPs have been accused of more than one crime, the highest being 204 criminal charges against Adv. Dean Kuriakose of the Congress, followed by 52 charges against Soyam Bapu Rao of the BJP. One India. Political scientist Milan Vaishnav has studied why political parties choose criminals as candidates and why people vote for them. BBC. Criminals have the money and muscle power necessary to win elections and people vote for them because "the government is failing to carry out its functions - delivering services, dispensing justice or providing security - in an impartial manner." Wrestlers in India are protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, 6 times MP for the BJP and President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), for sexual harassment. The Telegraph. While he has not been arrested or charged, woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat "claimed that the Delhi Police has leaked names of the victims to Brij Bhushan, who is using Haryana Wrestling Association secretary general Rakesh and Coach Mahavir Prasad Bishnoi to threaten families of women wrestlers, who have filed complaints against the WFI chief." The police have not even filed a first information report (FIR) which shows that the police have officially taken cognizance of the complaint. The Supreme Court has had to issue a notice to Delhi Police and to the government of Delhi. HT. Rape is small potatoes. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh actually boasts of having committed murder. The Wire. We don't have to go to Latin America to see criminal governance. We may have invented it.