Missing Mexican politician 'pictured on Twitter'
Photographs of a blindfolded man circulating on the internet appear to show a former Mexican presidential candidate missing since last weekend and feared kidnapped.
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, 69, a leading figure in President Felipe Calderon’s governing party, was reported missing on May 14 after his abandoned vehicle was found near his ranch with traces of blood detected on a pair of scissors.
Pictures which first appeared on Twitter show a bare-chested, grim-faced, bearded man with a sheet of plastic in the background.
The beard and shape of the face look like those of Fernandez de Cevallos, but the Federal Attorney General’s office has not yet confirmed his identity.
Medical experts interviewed on Milenio television said the man appeared to be alive.
