US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Mexico on Friday to pay attention to Russian meddling in elections around the world, following comments from another US official that there were signs of such interference in the country's presidential race. Speaking in Mexico City, Tillerson said European counterparts had noticed that Russia had had its fingerprints on a number of elections. His comments followed remarks late last year by US National Security Adviser HR McMaster, who said there was already evidence of Russian meddling in Mexican elections set for July. US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the allegations of Russian meddling in the US campaign, including whether there was any collusion between Trump's team and Moscow. Mexico holds presidential and congressional elections on July 1 and so far the frontrunner in almost all polls is left-wing former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Source: dna February 03, 2018 00:11 UTC