Pena Nieto Rejects Vote-Buying Charges After Stores Shuttered

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Mexico’s incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto pushed back against charges that his party paid for votes as authorities finish a recount confirming his victory.

Pena Nieto, in an interview with CNN, questioned the accuracy of images purportedly showing shoppers mobbing supermarkets to use gift cards provided by his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in exchange for vote promises.