1.   His administration, from the start, established a reputation for corruption and nepotism, which fueled popular distrust of his economic measures.

2.   Invoking the popular distrust of lawyers, the sponsors of caps would deprive citizens and their lawyers of the chance to recover large awards for gross negligence.

3.   Many believe he was killed by a PRI faction, which has further deepened popular distrust of the party.

4.   Not surprisingly, the credit unions play on popular distrust of the banking industry as a profit machine indifferent to the needs of the little guy.

5.   Another reason is popular distrust for the police following increasing evidence that many former and active duty policemen are involved in kidnappings and bank robberies.