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In the midst of rising violence, the leftist leader can become president. At least 122 candidates and pre-candidates have been murdered
Elections in Mexico
Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday to elect the president, senators and MPs after the bloodiest election campaign in its history. The INE (National Electoral Institute) confirmed that until early last week, 122 candidates and pre-candidates had been murdered. Analysts, civil rights activists and authorities designate organized groups, called cartels, as responsible for death
Voting intentions
The presidential favorite is the leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who competes for Morena (National Regeneration Movement) and is committed to ending corruption and pacifying the country plagued by violence. López Obrador, 64, is a former mayor of Mexico City and is in his third candidacy for the position, holds 51% of the voting intentions according to the latest polls – a 24-point lead over his closest opponent, the conservative Ricardo Anaya
"López Obrador has been trying the presidency since 2006, but this time he comes with a much larger alliance aspect, Adrian Lavalle, Latin American expert and doctoral professor in the Department of Political Science of the 39, University of São Paulo (USP), explains that he learned the game of the campaign with the coalition "Together we make history." In addition to Morena, the coalition supports on the Left Labor Party and the Conservative Party of Social Encounters
Second in the polls, Ricardo Anaya competes for a coalition formed by the right-wing PAN (National Action Party) and the acronym [19659009] Meanwhile, the candidate for a alliance led by the ruling party PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional), José Antonio Meade, a former finance minister
Bloody campaign
The independent Mexican consultant Etellekt confirms that between September 2017 – the date of the beginning of the campaigns – and in June 2018, at least 104 male candidates were murdered and 18 women. During the same period, 351 officials were killed.
"Most of this year's killings took place with pre-candidates at the municipal level – which tells us that drug trafficking runs against those who already oppose their interests when organizing campaigns. This brings us to the worrying projection that, in short, many of Mexico's municipalities will be controlled in one way or another by drug trafficking and organized crime, "Lavalle said in a statement. interview R7 .
Mexico has 31 states and the Federal District. According to Etellekt, the most violent regions are Guerrero, with 27 deaths, and Oaxaca, with 19. The largest number of badaults or threats against politicians in the election campaign from 2017 to 2018 was recorded in the states from Guerrero, with 53 Mexico, with 40. They are located in the south of the country and are dominated by the so-called New Generation Jalisco Cartel – a criminal organization dedicated to the international drug and arms trafficking, terrorism, badbadinations, kidnappings and extortion.
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