Two violent incidents in the space of four days have heightened the widespread concerns about the viability of staging the 7 June midterm federal legislative, state and local elections in the state of Guerrero as scheduled. Guerrero civil society groups led by the relatives of the 43 trainee teachers abducted from the town of Iguala last September have long claimed that the elections (Guerrero is one of nine states due to hold full state elections) are unviable due to the reigning political and security crisis. The violence puts the federal government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto under mounting pressure to ensure that it can provide all the necessary guarantees for the elections to be held in Guerrero.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1047 words.
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