CNN —Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a historic election, overshadowed by violence, that is expected to return the country’s first woman president. More than 98 million voters are registered to cast a ballot in Mexico, and 1.4 million Mexicans are eligible to vote abroad. Eduardo Verdugo/APMexico's opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Gálvez outside a polling station in Mexico City on June 2, 2024. In Madrid, Spain, expatriate Mexicans told CNN they waited more than eight hours to cast their ballots. Outside polling stations, voters told CNN that public security was one of their main concerns.

Source: CNN June 02, 2024 21:37 UTC