Mexicans go to the polls amid record violence against candidates, officials
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As Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to vote for a new president, the country is facing its most violent election campaign in its history with more than 225 candidates and officials killed.
Armando Regil reports on Mexico and Latin America. You can follow Armando on Twitter @armando_regil
According to Data Cívica, the victims of electoral political violence increased 235.7% from 2018 to 2023, during the term of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration, with 2024 being the most violent year so far.
"I was leaving a neighborhood assembly late at night in the Peralvillo neighborhood when I suffered a cowardly attack. They shot me 6 times while I was inside my vehicle," said Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, candidate for mayor of Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City, who survived an assassination attempt a few days ago, in comments to Fox News Digital.
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