Mexico’s pre-election violence claims fourth politician

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico’s pre-election violence claims fourth politician
By Katlyn Babyak
Posted June 4, 2015, 03:35 p.m.

Gunmen shot Mexican congressional candidate Miguel Angel Luna Munguia, a member of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), in his campaign office on Tuesday. He later died at the hospital, making him the fourth politician killed in pre-election violence.

The violence in the run-up to Mexico’s June 7 midterm elections has resulted in 21 deaths, according to Univision. It is concentrated in regions with high organized crime, like the poorer southern states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero, according to Telesur.

On Monday, teachers protesting education reform vandalized election offices and burned ballots in Oaxaca. On Monday night, protesters invaded election offices in Guerrero and burned more than 116,000 ballots. Authorities promised to replace destroyed ballots. On Tuesday and Wednesday, unionized teachers attacked offices in Chiapas.

Mexico has more than 80 million registered voters who will elect 500 lower house of Congress members, 300 mayors, 17 state legislatures, and nine governors on Sunday. Three major parties will vie for power: the conservative PAN (National Action Party), centrist PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), and liberal PRD (Democratic Revolution Party). Corruption scandals have permeated all three.

More:
http://www.worldmag.com/2015/06/mexico_s_pre_election_violence_claims_fourth_politician

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141110230

[samsingh]

1. mexico is in so much trouble. only hope is if drugs were legalized else where so there

would be less violence within that country.