Andrés Granier Melo

Andrés Granier Melo is a Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) politician who served as Governor of Tabasco from 2006 to 2012. In October 2012, while drunk, he was recorded bragging about his wealth, acquired while on a salary of less than $100,000. On June 14, 2013 he was arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement. That he would be arrested and charged is considered a progressive advance from previous practice where such looting was expected and covered up. A more competitive political environment has played a role as one corrupt PRI politician can no longer count on his replacement being another corrupt PRI politician. "El que no tranza, no avanza"