Mexico's presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) greets supporters in Oaxaca, Mexico June 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata/File Photo
TEXCOCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that if he wins the July 1 election, he will aim to hold a public vote before taking office on whether to finish building a $13 billion airport outside Mexico City.
The airport, spearheaded by President Enrique Pena Nieto and set to be half-completed by year's end, has come under fire by Lopez Obrador for being too expensive and allegedly generating corruption.
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