Mexico's 'historic' election turns violent

"Mexicans voted for a new president Sunday in a contest dominated by women -- a historic

first that was overshadowed by election day violence in the crime-plagued Latin American nation.
Thousands of troops were deployed to protect voters, following a particularly bloody electoral process that has seen more than two dozen aspiring local politicians murdered. Two people were reported dead on election day after attacks on polling stations to steal ballot papers. In the central Mexican state of Puebla, two people died after unknown persons attacked polling stations to steal papers, a local government security source told AFP.
Voting was suspended in two municipalities in the southern state of Chiapas because of violence." MS