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This article offers an exemplary case of grand corruption in Mexico, narrating the story of how a series of actors and institutions at all levels collaborated to obtain favours, while dispossessing an agrarian community of its property rights, and replacing its elected Commissariat with a person of their choice, paying him the equivalent of US$3 million. This manoeuvre gave right of way to President Pena Nieto’s interurban train, at the risk of ruining the community’s water supply. The study argues that we should distinguish the concept of grand from that of petty corruption. It sees neopatrimonialism as a subtype of grand corruption, describing complex networks of actors across several institutions and levels, which operate the corrupt practices, with agency at all levels. President Lopez Obrador won the 2018 election on a promise to fight corruption. This study illustrates the difficulties he will encounter trying to realize this promise, while suggesting that combatting impunity would constitute a promising start. Resumen: Gran corrupcion en Mexico: La conveniente desaparicion de una comunidad agraria Este articulo ofrece un caso ejemplar de gran corrupcion en Mexico. Narra la historia de como una serie de actores e instituciones de todos los niveles colaboraron para obtener favores, mientras despojaban de sus derechos de propiedad a una comunidad agraria y reemplazaban a su comisariado electo por una persona de su preferencia, pagandole el equivalente a 3 millones de dolares estadounidenses. Esta maniobra dio paso al tren interurbano del Presidente Pena Nieto, a riesgo de arruinar el suministro de agua de la comunidad. El estudio argumenta que debemos distinguir el concepto de gran corrupcion del de corrupcion menor. Considera el neopatrimonialismo como un subtipo de gran corrupcion, que describe redes complejas de actores en varias instituciones y niveles, que operan bajo practicas corruptas, con agencia en todos los niveles. El presidente Lopez Obrador gano las elecciones de 2018 con la promesa de luchar contra la corrupcion. Este estudio ilustra las dificultades que encontrara al tratar de cumplir esta promesa, mientras sugiere que combatir la impunidad constituiria un comienzo prometedor.

Grand corruption in Mexico: The convenient disappearance of an agrarian community