Mexican candidate’s supporters take over toll booths to demand full vote recount

Posted on: August 8th, 2006
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“Supporters of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador briefly took over highway toll booths Tuesday, giving thousands of motorists free passage to the capital as they escalated their demands for a full recount in July’s close election.

A day before electoral officials were to begin a partial recount, Lopez Obrador’s die-hard backers were becoming more radicalized and said they were ready for a protracted fight.”

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