Violence and chaos tarnish election in Santa María Ixcotel: Charges of sabotage and clashes with police (+Video)

Santa María Ixcotel, Oaxaca, lived this Sunday an election day marked by violence and chaos, when what was supposed to be a democratic assembly to elect the new municipal agent was transformed into a zafarrancho that brought to light the deep political divisions that cross the region. The confrontation involved physical aggressions, clashes with the police and accusations of electoral sabotage, in what appears to be a struggle for control of the…

* Zafarrancho in the election of Santa María Ixcotel A few hours after the election of the State Electoral Tribunal of Oaxaca left the general elective assembly of March 9 of the current year, ordering the election of the municipal agency of Santa María Ixcotel for this Sunday, the violence took over the day of assembly. Between accusations, first of the president of @SantaLucia_Ayto Juan Carlos García Márquez (@JC_GMarquez ) for diversion of re…

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