Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Mexico front-runner draws crowds, protests

Supporters of Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, cheer during a campaign rally at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Sunday, June 24, 2012. General elections in Mexico are scheduled for Sunday, July 1. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Supporters of Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI, cheer during a campaign rally at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Sunday, June 24, 2012. General elections in Mexico are scheduled for Sunday, July 1. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Students of the #YoSoy132 or "I am 132" movement march in Mexico City, Sunday, June 24, 2012. #YoSoy132 is the name of a university movement that rejects the possible return of the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ahead of Mexico's July 1 presidential election. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

(AP) ? The front-runner in Mexico's July 1 presidential elections has rallied tens of thousands of supporters at his first mass campaign event in the country's capital, saying he will respect Mexico's democracy and govern for all if elected.

Candidate Enrique Pena Nieto is running for the old Institutional Revolutionary Party, which governed Mexico for 71 years until 2000. His candidacy has sparked protests in the capital, which is governed by the leftist Democratic Revolution Party.

Another anti-Pena Nieto protest filled the city center Sunday, as thousands marched against what they said would be a return to the authoritarian past.

The candidate struck a conciliatory note at his campaign rally in a crowded soccer stadium, saying he was part of a new generation and wouldn't return to old practices.

Associated Press

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