The votes from a local election in Mexico have been tallied and there is some confusion as to who the winner might be. On Sunday the people in Baja, California headed to the voting booths and when the tallies came back it seemed both the ruling party and the opposition had won.
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On July 7 the Mexican people came out to vote in local elections that would see the offices of mayor and other city administrations filled. The month leading up to the election has been marred with violence and the murder of local candidates by drug gangs who refuse to let go of the hold they have on small Mexican cities.
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In 1989 the National Action Party or PAN took control of the government and have been in power ever since. When the votes were first counted the opposing Institutional Revolution Party or PRI was declared the winner. Now it looks as though the ruling political party may have had more votes.
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An official recount is scheduled for this week and the official results should be announced by the end of the week.
In the wake of the confusion the BBC is reporting that PRI is threatening to withdraw its cooperation with the federal government on the issue of a reform package both parties agreed to last year.
According to the Dallas News the Mayoral race in the border state of Baja is close with only a four point difference between PAN and PRI. Dallas is reporting that the National Action Party is currently in the lead but officials say there have been errors when making the count and right now the numbers are unreliable.
The violence that has plagued the local electoral races include kidnapping and murder. Candidates that spoke out against drug violence often met with a violent death at the hands of drug cartels. One candidate was set upon while driving with her husband. Rosalia Palma escaped with her life when gunmen attacked her car. Palma's husband and campaign ad were killed.
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