Reply #3: Left-wing protests spread to highways, banks

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Left-wing protests spread to highways, banks
By Kieran Murray in Mexico City

August 15, 2006 12:00

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HUNDREDS of left-wing demonstrators, claiming fraud in Mexico's presidential election, spread their protests outwards from the capital city on the weekend by occupying major highways to stop the government from collecting toll fees.

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Activists swung open toll barriers for hours on several main highways serving Mexico's three biggest cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Also hit were highways to the Pacific coast beach resort of Acapulco and Nuevo Laredo on the US border.

snip"What happens if the court applies the law and annuls those polling stations with grave irregularities? Well, the result is different," Lopez Obrador told thousands of supporters in Mexico City's vast Zocalo square.

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This week, the tactics included blockading the stock exchange, the headquarters of international banks and government offices in Mexico City.
Fearing further unrest, the government has tightened security at the capital's international airport as well as oil refineries and power plants
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