Two people were killed in voting centers this Sunday (2) during the general elections in Mexico. The circumstances are still not entirely clear.
Voting was suspended at one of the electoral colleges after a person was killed in a shooting in Comeyoapan, a city in the state of Puebla, the state electoral authority said. The Mexican state attorney general confirmed another death at a voting center in Tlapanalapan, also in Puebla.
In the state of Jalisco, the third largest electoral college in Mexico, five ballot boxes were not installed due to a lack of security. The state is holding elections for governor, but authorities reported that there were not sufficient conditions to protect the safety of voters in the city of Jilotlán de los Dolores, in the center-west of the country.
The report from CNN en Español saw voters complaining about delays and long lines at voting centers in Mexico City and Villahermosa, a city in the state of Tabasco.
Mexico's biggest election in modern history is also the most violent, with the murder of 38 candidates, including a local candidate who was shot dead on Saturday night (1). The violence has fueled concerns about the drug cartels' threat to democracy.
Candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, who led the polls, will be tasked with tackling organized crime violence if elected. More people have been killed during the term of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador than during any other administration in Mexico's modern history.
It seems that Mexico will have a female president. If the projections are confirmed, the country's new leader should begin a six-year term on October 1st.
On the way to voting this Sunday (2), Sheinbaum told journalists that it was a “historic day” and that he felt comfortable and happy. “Everyone should go out and vote,” said Sheinbaum, a physicist and former mayor of Mexico City.
Xochitl Galvez, a senator representing an opposition coalition made up of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) — the right-wing PAN and the left-wing PRD party — spoke to supporters before voting this Sunday (2). “God is with me,” Galvez said, adding that she expected a difficult day. She appears in second place in voting intention polls.
López Obrador, Sheinbaum's mentor, greeted supporters and posed for photos as he left the presidential palace to vote with his wife.
Almost 100 million Mexicans were eligible to vote in these elections. Other positions up for grabs include mayor of Mexico City, eight governors and both chambers of Congress. Around 20,000 elected positions are on the ballot, the highest number in the country's history.
The first official preliminary results are expected this Sunday night (2).
With information from Reuters.
Source: CNN Brasil
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