Nuevo León Politics

Attorney Jose Natividad Gonzalez is the acting governor of the state of Nuevo Leon, elected for the period 2003-2009. This administration, representing the PRI party, has had to face one of the most difficult periods for the region in recent times, due to the growing issues of social uncertainty and general insecurity along the once tranquil and peaceful state.

Currently, the northern state is organized into 51 municipalities : Abasolo, Agualeguas, Los Aldamas, Allende, Anáhuac, Apodaca, Aramberri, Bustamante, Cadereyta Jiménez, El Carmen, Cerralvo, China, Ciénega de Flores, Doctor Arroyo, Doctor Coss, Doctor González, Galeana, García, General Bravo, General Escobedo, General Terán, General Treviño, General Zaragoza, General Zuazua, Guadalupe, Los Herreras, Hidalgo, Higueras, Hualahuises, Iturbide, Juárez, Lampazos de Naranjo, Linares, Marín, Melchor Ocampo, Mier y Noriega, Mina, Montemorelos, Monterrey, Parás, Pesquería, Los Ramones, Rayones, Sabinas Hidalgo, Salinas Victoria, San Nicolás de los Garza, San Pedro Garza García, Santa Catarina, Santiago, Vallecillo and Villaldama.

The state of Nuevo Leon, home to the capital of Monterrey, which is internationally regarded as one of the most industrious and resourceful cities in Latin America, had stood out for the satisfactory quality of life enjoyed by the majority of the population, standard in which social security and safety played a key role. Unfortunately, the beginning of the year 2006 brought about the disputes between the two largest drug cartels in Mexico which ruined and spoiled the state's tranquility, shattering it through murder, violent persecution, and drug-related kidnapping, all of which has spread terror across the community, which can only demand a fast and effective response from the acting government. As a result to this situation, as of July 2007, municipalities have been forced to make dramatic spending reductions in areas not considered as priorities in times where public safety and security come first and require as many monetary and logistic resources as possible.