Mexico Baja California Sunday key border state governor elections seems to be locked in a tight race, both sides claiming victory.
Only 3% of the votes counted Preliminary results show San Francisco "Kiko" Vega conservative National Action Party with lead about 4 percentage points, suggesting that his coalition may be able to hold the Governor and his party first won 24 years ago, Mexico recent history for the first time acknowledged the opposition's victory.
Vega, who was executed in the Democratic Revolution Party coalition, claiming victory, he said: "As governor, I will do what people want."
However, also claimed victory in the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2012 after 12 years out of power, to recover the President of Mexico. Party, known as the PRI, 1929 至 held in 2000 and seek to capture the presidential candidate Fernando Castro Trenti elected momentum of Baja California Sur, its 2012 return.
National Action defeat Ghost national united front, the Convention is called Mexico, Mexico cooperation of all major political parties, through an important reform bill questioned.
Elections held on Sunday, the other 13 states in state legislators and mayors. Activities There is concern that violence may become popular in the local Mexican politics.
National action - since 1989 has been under the rule of California - said a series of dirty tricks and other countries the game, marking an old practice.
Party leader Gustavo Madero suggested that he could not sit down and negotiate, because he up to now, public education and the development of national key reform telecommunications laws and the Institutional Revolutionary Party President Enrique Pena Nieto, but still faces obstacles to energy and tax reform.
Madero election day off a rough start. National Action, said he went to his assigned voting constituency in northern Chihuahua, only to find the door locked. Madero said PRI can not be like a modern, reformist at the national level power, and recurring old strong-arm tactics in the election process.
"We have seen two realities Mexico Convention" is a very civilized, very advanced policy, but on the other hand, there are elections, the back as the 1970s or 1980s, "Madero said, referring to an era, When PRI ruled through electoral fraud and handouts.
PRI party leader Cesar Camacho brush off criticism, saying the vote in most states seem to be fair. He claimed that voters were intimidated by someone in Baja California and the local PRI municipal candidate's home, someone threw petrol bombs.
Endorses the position of Pena Nieto, the party's aim is simply to judge the results, Camcho said: "In politics, the whole catalog excuse does not work in politics, that is the result we want, what we need is a solid The fact that we will pay attention. "
Baja California faces a major crime problems, from other countries, explosive growth, and handle the pressure of hundreds of thousands of internal migrants influx of immigrants deported from the United States each year. While violence in Tijuana has been calm, from a few years ago a high level of methamphetamine and other drugs continue to flow out the nearby California turf war, Sinaloa cartel prevailed.
Political analyst Victor Espinoza, Colegio de la Frontera northern think tank, said Tijuana - mayors stakes - people who elected presented a huge challenge. Deportees and the influx of immigrants, the growth of the urban chaos, the city's canyon terrain, making it difficult and expensive roads, sewage treatment and other infrastructure to bring new neighborhood.
"It is almost impossible for any government service demand is always greater than the ability to save them," Espinosa said.
Elections being held in 13 other countries, a series of Sunday's vote marks the first few weeks shootings and attacks. Local posts, or their family members have at least eight politicians run, have been killed. Others were kidnapped, shot at.
On Friday, just two days before the election, the ninth murder in northern Zacatecas claimed leftist Democratic Revolution Party campaign coordinator's life. Aquiles Gonzalez was found stabbed to death after apparently had been kidnapped. On Sunday, a young political activist was shot dead, Gulf Coast state of Veracruz. Camacho said that young people are a PRI supporters.
Most of the reason for the attack remains unclear. Some people worry that drug gangs claim their power. Others worry that the candidates are against their opponents. But it is clear that people are seeking regional offices where organized crime and the rules of the old politicians attack.
"Every time there is an election violence, especially in local elections," Jose Antonio Crespo said that in economic research and teaching center in Mexico City historian. "There is more violence, because it is in local elections, drug cartels than at the national level have a greater influence."
Experts say that in the past, which is cheaper, lower risk and more effective control of the cartel intimidation or local government is not trying to take a federal politician. Since this is basically want to keep the local gang turf - extortion, drug shipments and sales - local officials to be effective.
"Their idea is that" we want to support candidates who sympathize with us, and we can negotiate, if there is one candidate who wins who will not make a deal, we will tell him not to run or attack them, or even kill them to death, "Crespo said.
Although violence marks Michoacán and Tamaulipas, as some local elections, "We have not seen it in other countries, as we see it now, said:" Torres - Ruiz.
There are also traditional bribery complaints and intimidation of voters, and trying to prevent people from voting, especially in Oaxaca and Veracruz.
 



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