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Pena Nieto victorious in Mexico presidential vote

AFP

Aided by fury at Mexico’s brutal drug violence, youthful leader Enrique Pena Nieto has delivered a stunning return to power for the country’s once-reviled Institutional Revolutionary Party. Pena Nieto declared victory in the presidential election late Sunday, after first official results showed him…