Mexico leftist courts bankers with pro-business, anti-graft vows

Leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), gestures during the Mexican Banking Association's annual convention in Acapulco, Mexico March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero

ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Mexican leftist presidential frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador set about wooing the country's powerful banking community on Friday, seeking to extinguish fears he would seize property, instead targeting graft and poverty alleviation.

Speaking in the Pacific resort of Acapulco at an annual banking convention, Lopez Obrador received applause from the well-heeled audience for a speech that sought to build bridges with a pro-business message of gradual change and unity.