ayudar takes a direct or indirect pronoun?

Question

Do Mexicans favor the indirect object complement, whereas Standard Spanish suggests the direct object?

"Les ayudo mucho a mis estudiantes."

versus

"Los ayudo porque quiero hacerlo."

Answer 1

HI bd, interesting question

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Standard Spanish

I believe we should not be talking about standard Spanish but the so called leísmo de cortesía. This mistake is normally not made in other countries except in Spain.