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Mexico is gearing up for the largest election in its history, with over 21,000 offices at stake.
One of the candidates is on the DEA s most-wanted list, but he has denied the allegations, calling them part of a dirty war against him.
Mexico s political and criminal worlds have long overlapped, and violence tends to increase around elections.
MEXICO - Mexico s midterm elections on June 6 will be the largest in the country s history, with voters choosing candidates for more than 21,000 offices.
One of those candidates is already well known by some in the US: Rogelio Portillo Jaramillo, 41, who the DEA describes as an armed and dangerous fugitive.
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