Elite de Estado y prácticas políticas. Una aproximación al estudio de la corrupción en México, 1920-1934

This article is an approach to governmental corruption in Mexico between 1920 and 1934. It contains information about state elite's corrupt practices; especially those by presidents Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles allies. The cases referred to portray early stages of corruption in various governmental sectors and headquarters as a result of political circumstances dominated by revolutionary officers, cliental and amity relations of Obregón and Elías Calles, and the recruiting practices of these two heads of state.