When Francisco Rodríguez of Plaza Publica authorised an investigation into the Guatemalan public electricity institute (INDE) published in December last year, he could not have foreseen the effect it would have. The IWPR-supported report demonstrated that INDE head Melvin Quijivix had abused his position to obtain contracts for his private companies; within a month, the Guatemalan government had fired him.
Shot to death more than 30 years ago, the legendary Sinaloan sang about the hard life on both sides of the border. His legacy lives on through today’s Mexican artists, who are triumphing on the global charts