AR-News: Mexican candidate: 'Woman' favorite animal

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      Mexican candidate: 'Woman' favorite animal


      By ARTURO SALINAS, Associated Press 

      (Updated Friday, June 18, 2004, 4:27 AM)

      TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - An eccentric multimillionaire running for mayor of this rough border city has apologized for saying his favorite animal is "woman." 


      Jorge Hank Rhon, who has a private zoo with more than 20,000 animals, made the comment during an interview last week with the Mexico City newspaper El Universal.

      Asked what his favorite animal was, he reportedly replied: "Woman." He later said, "I'm joking. Woman is creation's greatest creature," according to an article published in the newspaper last week. 

      The comment sparked a wave of criticism from members of Mexico's three major political parties, including his own, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.

      "Women should be respected by everyone, and especially by those in politics," PRI Congresswoman Maria Scherman said Wednesday on the floor of Congress, where she and other lawmakers criticized Hank Rhon's comments. He apologized Wednesday during a debate with the National Action Party candidate in the Tijuana mayoral race.

      Hank Rhon has been linked to controversy before. In 1988, two employees of his Caliente racetrack were convicted of killing a crusading Tijuana journalist who had reported on corruption.

      Also, a report by the U.S. National Drug Intelligence Center once alleged Hank Rhon was connected with major Mexican drug organizations, but officials in Washington later disavowed that intelligence. 

      



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