Thread by @AnnieRoseNews

Mexicans are headed to the polls today to elect a new President... #AMLO is the favorite, many have called him #Mexico’s answer to @realDonaldTrump analysts say that might not be true and voters think he’ll stick up to #Trump who say their current President #Nieto never did

87 million Mexicans (who live in and out of the country) are registered to vote. Juan Gomez-Cruces, 35, who lives in Atlanta, was so unhappy with all the candidates, he just wrote an “X” on his early ballot and sent it back to #Mexico -Read more @NBCLatino nbcnews.to/2KAlZNi

Gomez-Cruces says he watched all 3 debates and one was more disappointing than the next. One debate: candidate ‘El Bronco’ says - “we need to cut off the hand of anyone who steals in the public service.” The moderator asks “literally?” ‘El Bronco’ replies “literally.”

Many of #Mexico’s biggest issues in today’s elections involve the US - like these kids dancing in a #migrant shelter in Mexico City - stuck in limbo, Central Americans can’t go back home b/c of gang violence but fear they will be put in cages/or separated in the US @NBCLatino

The Rodriguez family fled Honduras. We changed their names and hid their faces for safety - they fear gangs will follow them to #Mexico but fear they’ll be separated in the U.S. - so they are trapped in Mexico City w/ nowhere to go #MigrantCrisis

The family says their family members was killed by gangs in Honduras and their journey thru Mexico was treacherous - experts say candidates don’t recognize the migrant crisis in #Mexico & only consider their county 2b a transit country - that could all change @NBCLatino

A child in a #Mexico City #migrant shelter draws a ❤️ “I love you Papa” -approx. 60 families in limbo -scared of being put in cages in US but can’t return home b/c of gangs - asked if #Trump’s policies will keep them from going to US families say they must in order to survive