Students march against Mexico’s president-elect

MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of protesters are marching through Mexico’s capital against President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing his party of buying votes to help him win the country’s presidential vote.

The protesters, including students, youths and leftists, accuse his long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party of giving out bags of groceries, pre-paid gift cards and other goods to voters ahead of Mexico’s July 1 national elections.

The marchers carried signs reading, “Pena, how much did it cost to become president?” and “Mexico, you pawned your future for 500 pesos.”

Mexico City officials put the size of the crowd that reached its central Zocalo plaza at 50,000.

Pena Nieto, who says the vote was clean and fair, won Sunday’s election by almost 7 percentage points, according to the official count.