thanks for being with us in washington dc. maureen meyer is the vice president in charge of programs at the washington office on latin america. that's an n g o. the promotes rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in latin america also, and mexico city sancho or its senior enlist on mexico with the international crisis group. you have lived in communities and mexico controlled by organized crime. you'll be telling us about that in just a moment. welcome to everybody. i want to start with carlos. so you're in mexico city, carlos, bring us into the conversation. the mexicans are having whether it's over coffee, over dinner amongst friends. how were mexicans talking? what are they saying about this election cycle? well, this, this is actually a very interesting question. what we've seen on the one hand is, you know, the mexicans do recognize the mix, the bag of results that you know, that this government has produced or for laughter paused. for instance, you'll see that privacy and security is the most, you know, sensitive and concerning subject. and that people do not approv