many Mexican voters say violence is their number one priority There are concerns about the elections, but also growing concerns about democracy.
Cartels and other criminal groups have used elections, particularly local ones, as an opportunity to seize power, and the National Electoral Commission said it had been forced to cancel plans for 170 polling stations. Mainly in Chiapas In Michoacán, security issues were the main culprit.
Voting appeared to be slow but peaceful in most of Mexico's roughly 170,000 polling stations, but sporadic incidents of violence broke out on Sunday after a bloody election campaign.
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Opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez adjusts her hat while waiting to cast her vote in the general election in Mexico City on Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
In the central state of Puebla, four armed assailants broke into a school where a polling station was located and tried to steal ballots, and state police said arrests had been made.
The governor of Queretaro said the attackers tried to burn ballots at four polling stations. Video posted on social media showed two masked men fleeing on a motorbike after the attack.
Earlier this week, an unidentified gunman opened fire a few blocks from the mayoral candidate's final campaign rally in Cotija, in the western state of Michoacan.
On the other hand, candidates should at least 28 politicians murdered The figure is the highest this year, according to human rights group Data-Civica.
Scheinbaum She is the clear front-runner to succeed outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, having been selected as the candidate of Morena, the political party founded by the president.
Despite leading one of the Western Hemisphere's largest cities, Mr. Sheinbaum has struggled to build an image for himself, presenting himself as an extension of his political allies but with a more reserved personality and perhaps more progressive than Mr. Lopez Obrador.
she Her campaign maintains a delicate balance While accepting Lopez Obrador's support, he does not criticize him in areas where he is less popular. Like his security policy.
The race left many wondering whether she could escape the shadow of the sitting president.
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Voters cast their ballots in the general election in Mexico City on Sunday. (AP/Matthias Delacroix)
Galvez He is an opposition candidate in the Mexican presidential election.
She sold snacks in a small town in the center. Mexico She was born as a young girl to help support her family and rose to national politics with a career that helped her rise to the pinnacle of power. She is just as outspoken as her rival, Mr. Lopez Obrador, and much more outspoken. Her poor upbringing helped her When she competed in the race, it created a big buzz.
Galvez has been a fierce and vocal critic of the outgoing president and represents a coalition of parties that has historically had little to unite them around, other than their recent opposition to Lopez Obrador.
But Galvez has failed to rouse the enthusiasm his supporters had hoped for and is trailing Scheinbaum in opinion polls.
