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Xipe Totec

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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:24 PM Jun 2016

Mexico - 2016, a year of historical defeat of the PRI in state elections (Spanish) [View all]

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) received the most devastating electoral blow in its history this June 5, in a democratic contest over the governorship of the states.

The party of president Enrique Peña Nieto lost 7 of 12 governorships in play and among them surrendered to the opposition four states it had governed in consecutive elections for 86 years; Durango, Quintan Roo, Veracruz, and Tamaulipas.

The PRI will cease to govern these last two states, the most important in the Gulf of Mexico and where a strong presence of organized crime has been reported for at least 10 years fighting over control of drug trafficking routes.

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El Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) se llevó este 5 de junio el mayor descalabro electoral en su historia en una disputa democrática por gubernaturas.

El partido del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto perdió 7 de las 12 gubernaturas en juego y, entre esas, entregó a la oposición cuatro estados en los que había gobernado de forma consecutiva durante 86 años: Durango, Quintana Roo, Veracruz y Tamaulipas.

El PRI dejará de gobernar esos dos últimos estados, los más importantes del Golfo de México y en donde desde hace al menos una década se reporta fuerte presencia de grupos del crimen organizado que disputan territorio y rutas de trasiego de droga.

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