In Mexican political talk, a government post can be called a hueso, a “bone.” A column in El Siglo de Torreón describes politicians who “se dan codazos, trompadas y zancadillas en defensa del hueso” (elbow, punch and trip each other in defense of the bone).
Chilango’s satirical Manual del político mexicano speaks of “el poder del hueso,” the power of the bone. It explains that a politician’s “amistades son más bien alianzas, y los favores vienen incluidos en el paquete” (friendships are rather alliances, and the favors come included in the package).