Mexico's top electoral crimes prosecutor said Friday that he is dropping the appeal against his dismissal, which opposition lawmakers had depicted as an effort by the ruling party to blunt an investigation into possible illegal campaign financing. Critics of President Enrique Pena Nieto's government called it the latest attempt by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to insulate itself from corruption probes. Mexico's Senate was subsequently the scene of protests after the PRI tried to hold a secret vote Nieto's dismissal. The then-electoral crimes prosecutor told Reforma that the official, Emilio Lozoya, had sent him a letter demanding his name be cleared. Pena Nieto has also denied involvement in any wrongdoing related to the 2012 campaign.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2017 01:31 UTC