Protests in Mexico City

As a follow-up to my previous post on the Mexican election, I thought I’d write briefly about the protest in Mexico City on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands showed up, some estimates say between 1-1.5 million. We do praise the Lord that the protest was generally peaceful. With a few exceptions, the protests, which continue, do continue to be peaceful.

However, the supporters of López Obrador are still trying to keep the attention of the people and push their demand for a vote-by-vote recount. A recent poll says that most Mexicans don’t want the recount, but there is still a lot of support for López Obrador, Mexico City’s former mayor, who is claiming that fraud brought his opponent to power.

As I mentioned in my last post, there may not be a final decision until September, so please remember Mexico in your prayers.

There are some pictures of the protest on Flickr – check out this one from stut.