corruption

But that devotion to exposing corruption comes at a price frequently paid by the communities least deserving of the blowback.

Last January, the then Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was suspended following public outrage over a corruption scandal.

The youth-led protests began on 25 September, triggered by public anger over repeated water and power cuts and have since morphed into wider dissatisfaction over corruption and high unemployment.

Identifying himself as "Capt Tesha" from the air force, he accuses the government of corruption, rights violations and political interference in the military.

Some reformers have credited Sheinbaum with confronting corruption, while others say she has been too cautious, too hesitant, to take on a problem deeply entrenched in Mexican politics.