Mexico ruling party candidate on attack in debate

Published June 11, 2012 3:31am ET



MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling party candidate who is trailing in third by many polls bombarded her rivals Sunday in the second and final presidential debate with accusations that they represent a return to the country’s past of corruption and authoritarianism.

Josefina Vazquez Mota accused front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto of using public funds to create a spying agency and of hiding in the bathroom from students who heckled him in a May campaign appearance that sparked a protest movement, including a demonstration that drew 90,000 people to the streets of Mexico City hours before the debate.

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