Mexico likely to elect its first woman President, polls marred by surge in violence

Mexico's two major political parties have nominated female presidential candidates, setting up an unprecedented election next year. The main opposition, the Broad Front for Mexico, chose an outspoken senator, Xóchitl Gálvez, to represent their alliance. Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, was chosen as the governing Morena party's nominee.