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| Mexican Decision 2010: Violence Marks Mexican Election Eve |
| 2010-07-04 |
| Google Translate As Mexicans in 14 states go to the polls today, some states have witnessed violence and vandalism on the eve of the election in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and Sinaloa. In Sinaloa's Fifth Electoral District Alejandro Rivera Rosario Bobadilla was fired on by an unknown armed suspect as he walked to his car accompanied by his brother. The attacks took place on Juan de Dios Batiz boulevard in the city Los Mochis. In Oaxaca, a group of alleged supporters of the Partido Nueva Alianza (PANAL) burned at least 24,000 ballots in the town of Jalapa del Marqués because of accreditation problems in the state. The group, led by the brother of the mayoral candidate Alvaro Flores Carreño, placed several blocks on the highway to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in protest. Also in Oaxaca were reports of fisfights between mayoral candidates and their supporters from the Alliance United for Peace and Progress (PAN-PRD), and the transformation of Oaxaca (PRI-PVEM ) in San Felipe Chinanteco Usila, north of the entity. A Partido Revolucionario Institutional (PRI) candidate, Santiago Armando Mendoza, was struck in the head by a machete. Another politician was hit in the abdomen by a gunshot. In Veracruz a man was shot to death and six otgher were wounded in a fight that ended with firearms. The confrontation between PRI and Convergence ( PANAL) took place in Hueyapan de Ocampo in southern Veracruz. The victim who died at the scene was shot with M1 and AR15 rifle and 9mm pistol fire. |
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