Voters in one of northern Mexico’s most violent cities have elected the country’s first openly gay mayor.
Benjamín Medrano Quezada, of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), will become the mayor of Fresnillo, which has a population of 110,000, when he is sworn in.
According to Box Turtle Bulletin, Quezada won on a campaign aimed at building a new wastewater treatment plant, ending the drinking water shortage, improving roads and basic services, and addressing problems with the city’s troubled police force. Those concerns are far more pressing than anything else right now:
He said Thursday he won’t challenge the Catholic Church, or advocate for gay marriage or adoption. Medrano instead says he’ll focus on more pressing issues, like professionalizing and vetting the city’s police force.
“It’s not like I’m going to paint town hall pink,” Medrano said.
