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INFO LOG-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DNI-00 DODE-00DOTE-00 DS-00B-00AAE-00 FBIE-00 VCI-00 TEDE-00INR-00 LAB-01 L-00AC-00 VCIE-00 NSAE-00 ISN-00OIG-00 GIWI-00 ISNE-00 CFPP-00 FMPC-00 SP-00RM-00SSO-00 SS-00PAE-00 SCRS-00 DSCC-00 PRM-00 DRL-00G-00DIC-01 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00002W4831D 141729Z /3841801Z JUL 06MEMBASSY MEXICOSHDC 2159ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO COLLECTIVECARACASWASHDCPT OF TREASURY WASHDCERCE WASHDC RELEASED IN PARTBl, 1.4(B), 1.4(D )PGOV, PINR, PREL, MX
BJECT: LOOKING FOR FRAUD IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES?A. A) MEXICO 3834B. B) MEXICO 3422
ssified By: ACTING POLITICAL CHIEF ALAN MELTZER, REASONS: 1.4(B/D).. (C) Summary: 0uly 12
cials of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) offered anhe July 2
gh they had not yet seen thefic complaints submitted by the PRD (or, for that
f the PAN), they described in great detail theuards incorporated into IFE's election process, many ofere previously described at an SRE briefing for the
A). They refuted in detail several ofons of fraud or irregularities singledy Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) in recent news
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATECLASSIFIEDBYDEPT.OFSTATE,L.HEDGBETB,DAS,MISSCLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON:1.4(B),1.4(D)DECLASSIFYAFTER:13JULHH6DATE/CASE1D:22MAY2009 200704261NCLASSIFIED B
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(SBU) On July 12,1IFE Counselorlejandra Latapi and IFE Director for International Affairsanuel Carrillo to discuss the most recent developments inresults of the Mexican presidentialFrom the outset!Latapi assertedhat in severalm functioned even moreprevious years. She noted, forle, that out of the over 130,000 precincts plannednwide, all but 11 actually operated on Election Day,hiapas; in 2000, IFE was unable to set up 104 of the
Set the Record Straight
(SBU) In addition to detailing the considerables protecting virtually every step of the election
ations raised by AMIO in recent press conferences. Sheto rebut AMLO's allegation, based upon a video
showed at a recent press conference, that ballot boxoccurred in the state of Guanajuato. Shets in a ballot box -- who in fact was theent -- was simply relocating to the correct
hamber of Deputies ballots that inadvertently had beenthe party
tatives -- including that of the PRD -- were aware ofion at the time and did not object. (Note: AMLO
that the PRD precinct representativeeen bought off by the PAN, a charge strenuously
19 year old woman who volunteered as hisEnd note.)
(SBU) As for AMLO's allegation that a discrepancy in thelot box in Queretaro cost him votes,
atapi said this discrepancy had been raised during the
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votes recounted, and the discrNCLASSIFIEDcorrected. She notedthis was precisely the reason why the electoral law providedfor a district retabulation, and was an example of the systemfraud in Coahuila, where the PRD identified a temporary IFE, and to have seen Calderon'sower outage.
atapi said that upon investigation, IFE found numerousons in his story. Rather than being hired as ao enter vote totals in the IFE data base, as he
d been hired for manual labor; in the earlys on election night, he was asked to brieflydistrict council by recording results beingor a second, unofficial vote tally. Members of the
as representatives of fourthe
inally, Latapi addressed the PRD's charge that IFEbeing stored underShe assertednot preclude its reopening of
in the presence of the IFE district council andatives, and that IFE had ordered them to be
ed because the PRD (and in some cases, the PAN) hadted copies of tally sheets and incident reports therein
ning the executed ballots. (Note:E President Jose Woldenberglhe believed IFE acted in good faith in opening theboxes, IFE would have been well-advised not to do soelectionn fact, late on July 12, IFE announced it woulditional further ballot boxes pending a TEPJFnd note.) B
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