Guatemalans to Vote in Run-Off Election Amid Mounting Violence
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Guatemalans vote in presidential elections today as mounting violence raises the popularity of a former general who has promised to clamp down on drug gangs with an “iron fist.”
Polls show Otto Perez Molina leading Congressman Manuel Baldizon by about 10 percentage points ahead of the runoff election, with more than 80 percent supporting a hard-line stance on crime. Perez won the first round on Sept. 11 with 36 percent of the vote, while Baldizon had 23 percent. Voting starts at 7 a.m. local time and ends at 7 p.m.