The World - News from July 15, 1985

The first official results from last week’s controversial Mexican election were released amid growing protests by supporters of the major opposition party that the ruling party stole the election. In one of the first results reported, the congressional candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Hermosillo, capital of the northern state of Sonora, defeated the National Action Party’s candidate by 21,819 votes to 17,317. Since Friday, protesters have prevented vehicles from crossing the border at Agua Prieta, across from Douglas, Ariz. An estimated 1,500 people also demonstrated in Hermosillo, charging voting irregularities.