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Lopez Obrador Widens Election Fraud Claims
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July 14, 2006
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MEXICO CITY - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened his allegations Thursday that government and private groups conspired against him in an apparent losing bid for Mexico's presidency.
Other candidates and civic groups - some allied with the apparent winner, conservative ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon - publicly urged Lopez Obrador to moderate his criticism for the good of the country.
The official tally showed Calderon winning the July 2 vote by fewer than 244,000 votes - a 0.6 percent margin.
Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who ran a campaign that promised to help the poor, claimed some commercial ad campaigns contained messages against him. He also said ...
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