AdvertisementDrug War Bleeds Into Mexican State ElectionsJuly 02, 2010Jason BeaubienfacebookEmailA billboard for Rodolfo Torre Cantu's campaign overlooks a row of hearses waiting to carry the coffins of Torre and his bodyguards from a memorial service in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. Torre, a candidate for governor in Tamaulipas state, was gunned down June 28 in apparent drug-cartel violence. (NPR)