American drugs fighters wonder why Jorge Carrillo Olea, a former state governor suspected of protecting kidnappers and traffickers, is still free nearly two years after he stepped down, and why Mario Villanueva, another state governor suspected of trafficking, has not been found since he fled last March, just before his governor's term (and immunity from arrest) ended.

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Eduardo Villanueva and Mario Chinchilla handed in their resignations after coming under heavy criticism in congress for their lack of progress.

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