Editing Vicente Fox (section)

===Statue controversy===

[[File:Vicente fox quesada estatua solo.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of Vicente Fox in [[Boca del Río, Veracruz|Boca del Río]], Veracruz]]
In October 2007, an announcement was made in the municipality of [[Boca del Río, Veracruz|Boca del Río]], Veracruz, that a 3-meter (10&nbsp;ft) statue of Vicente Fox was to be erected to honor the former president. This aroused criticism from the opposition [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]] towards Boca del Río's mayor, who was affiliated with the same political party (PAN) as Fox.

The statue was put in place amidst protests on the dawn of 13 October 2007. The inauguration was to have been held on 14 October. Some hours after the statue was erected, a crowd of about 100 people (many of whom were members of the PRI, the political party opposed to Fox and which Fox had defeated in the 2000 election) brought the statue down by putting a rope around the statue's neck and pulling it down, damaging it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/protestors-tear-down-vicente-fox-statue/|title=Protestors Tear Down Vicente Fox Statue|work=CBS News|date=14 October 2007 |access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> The statue was put back in place for the inauguration, then taken away for repairs.<ref>[http://www.laprensalatina.com/?p=579 La Prensa Latina » Blog Archive » Derriban estatua de Vicente Fox<!-- Bot generated title -->]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604102336/http://www.laprensalatina.com/?p=579 |date=4 June 2008 }}</ref>

PAN members accused [[Veracruz]]'s governor, [[Fidel Herrera Beltrán]], of "ordering the attack on the statue," and Fox called the governor intolerant. Others in the media argued that the installation of the statue was inappropriate, since former President Fox was facing allegations relating to an illicit enrichment scandal at the time.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}