Government and political leaders reported scattered incidents of election-related violence in Mexico on Sunday, as 12 states voted for new governors. In five of the 12 statehouses up for grabs, including Veracruz, the party has ruled uninterrupted for more than 80 years. Veracruz state public security secretary Arturo Bermúdez confirmed that a driver for a local lawmaker was kidnapped. The newspaper El Universal reported that attackers with clubs and stones damaged dozens of buses carrying campaign material in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. Threatening text messages warning people not to vote were sent to cellphones in Veracruz.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2016 18:56 UTC