Mexico Election Result Protests: Thousands March In Mexico City

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07/22/12 06:23 PM ET AP

Mexico Election Results Protests

Winning candidate of Mexico’s presidential election, Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a press conference in Mexico City, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
 

MEXICO CITY — Thousands marched through Mexico City's center on Sunday to protest what they called the "imposition" of the candidate of the old ruling party as the country's new president.

Protesters carried signs accusing presumed President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of electoral fraud and Mexico television giant Televisa of being a "factory of lies." Opponents say Pena Nieto's party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, won the July 1 election through vote-buying and overspending, including paying major media outlets such as Televisa for favorable coverage.

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