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F63902 172349Z /38 RELEASED IN PARTB1, 1.4(D)80021Z JUL
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FO ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO COLLECTIVEASSY CARACASMERCE
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O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2016PINR, PREL, MX
BJECT: AT MASS RALLY, LOPEZ OBRADOR CALLS FOR CIVIL
: MEXICO 3832
sified By: ACTING POLITICAL CHIEF ALAN MELTZER, REASONS:
1.4(B/D).
U) Summary: On Sunday, July 16, Party of theatic Revolution
(PRD) presidential candidate AndresLopez Obrador (AMLO) presided
over a mass march and
ts of the Mexican presidentialm 300,000 to 1.5 million. During
the rally, AMLO called
of peaceful civic disobedience -- the detailsl be decided later
today -- to demonstrate the
s outside thedistrict offices of the Federal Electoral
InstituteE), allegedly to prevent tampering with the ballot
boxes
stored there. AMLO urged his supporters to attend inuled for
y, July 30. A PRD contact confirmed that AMLO had noJF) conducts
the nationwide recount he demands. End
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summary.NCLASSIFIEDA Million Man March?2. (U) On Sunday, July
16, AMIO led a mass march ofsupporters down Paseo la Reforma,
Mexico City's leadingthoroughfare, terminating in a vast rally in
the city'sZocalo, or central square. The PRD-led Mexico
CityDepartment of Public Security estimated the crowd at
1.1million, although other estimates of the crowd ranged
from300,000 (MSNBC) to 700,000 (Notimex) to 1.5 million
(thePresident of the PRD). Although the actual turnout is likelyto
remain in dispute, by all accounts the turnout wasconsiderably
heavier than at last week's event (ref A), whichwas estimated at
between 1 50,000-280,000. According to pressreports, what may have
been the largest crowd in Mexico Cityistory maintained a festive
air, and no incidents ofiolence were reported. A PRD contact
characterized the
cause as little
MLO Calls His Supporters to Action
-hour long remarks, AMLO called on hisnable right of the people
to
Reeling off a litany of allegedand irregularities, AM= demanded
that
JF order a nationwide recount, "vote by vote, ballot." He called
on rival Felipe Calderon "to
thout anyde recount. He added: "I recommend to
t supporters, I recommend that youlection
warned that a complete recount was
f this demand, AMIO unveiled ake continuous vigils outside IFE's
300 district
centers of information and decision-making for his cause.He said
he
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UNCLASSIFIEDsuch acts of civil disobedience. Finally, he called
upon hissupporters to return to Mexico City on Sunday, July 30, for
athird mass march and "informational meeting;" he challengedhis
supporters to work to bring twice as many participants tothe next
rally.5. (U) According to a PRD contact, AMLO is meeting July
17with those civil society members who will form the
so-calledcitizens' committee that will decide on a strategy
ofpeaceful civil disobedience, to be announced in a
pressconference. Our contact said AMLO would not be satisfied ifthe
TEPJF decided only to recount the votes in theapproximately 50,000
precincts which he specificallycontested. She said that he planned
to continue the protestsuntil the TEPJF undertook a complete,
nationwide recount,adding that if the TEPJF failed to order such a
recount, the
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