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Mexicans went to vote in an election that was one of the most violent in modern history, with dozens of politicians and badbadinated candidates across the country.
Polls before the elections showed a double-digit lead Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a former mayor of Mexico City should inject a dose of nationalism into the government and sharpen divisions with US President Donald Trump if he wins .
Lopez Obrador, 64, would be the first left-wing president for decades in Mexico's second-largest economy, Latin America, when he eliminated the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Finalist in the 2006 and 2012 elections, he presents himself as the only man capable of cleaning up a political clbad whose credibility has been the ground collapsed by graft, years of economic growth below normal and rising crime levels.
Since the start of the race last year, at least 133 politicians have been murdered from all major parties. The crimes are mainly attributed to gangs trying to influence the municipal elections.
"With all my heart, I want the elections to proceed without violence," said Lopez Obrador, showing a sign of victory at the polling station. before it opens.
"As soon as the election is over, we will begin a period of national reconciliation."
Across the country, many people are waiting in the morning to vote in schools and community centers. In addition to political killings, Mexico has had its most violent year in recent history in 2017, with unresolved murders this year.
The bloodshed is attributed to drug cartels that fragment and ramify into fuel theft and extortion.
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