Mexico election articles
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Opposition Supporters Mass In Mexico As Election Nears
Tens of thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez massed in Mexico City on Sunday, two weeks before elections expected to produce the country's first woman president.
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Mexico's cartel violence haunts civilians in the lead-up to June elections
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HUITZILAC, Mexico (AP) — Cartel violence haunted the central Mexican town of Huitzilac days after a mass shooting claimed the lives of eight men. The shooting coincides with a larger wave of violence leading up to Mexico’s June 2 elections. Experts say criminal groups use violence as a tool to
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Mexico's cartel violence haunts civilians in the lead-up to June elections
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HUITZILAC, Mexico (AP) — Tailed by trucks of heavily armed soldiers, four caskets floated on a sea of hundreds of mourners. Neighbors peered nervously from their homes as the crowd pushed past shuttered businesses, empty streets and political campaign posters plastering the small Mexican town of Huitzilac. Days earlier, armed