Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 15, 2018. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's incoming president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday slammed a decision by the electoral authority to fine his party $10 million over a campaign financing breach, calling it an "act of vengeance" against his landslide victory.
On Wednesday, the National Electoral Institute (INE) handed down the fine to Lopez Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) over a trust the party created last year, which the party said went to helping earthquake victims.
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