Vowing anti-graft revolution, Mexican governor shakes election


Javier Corral Jurado, Governor of the state of Chihuahua, speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) - Invoking Pancho Villa's revolutionary legacy and armed with a hard-hitting corruption investigation into the country's ruling party, the governor of border state Chihuahua is shaking up Mexico's presidential election, without being in the race.

Governor Javier Corral's national profile exploded in late December when his prosecutors arrested a senior figure in President Enrique Pena Nieto's party for his role in an alleged scheme to siphon $13 million of state funds for electoral campaigns.

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