Mexican presidential candidate stopped by masked men ‘seeking end to violence’

Claudia Sheinbaum is comfortably ahead in the polls (AP)

Masked men have stopped a vehicle carrying Mexico’s leading presidential candidate as she travelled between campaign stops to ask her to address the violence in the southern state of Chiapas if she wins the June 2 election.

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, the governing Morena party’s candidate, remained in the front passenger seat of the vehicle during the encounter, listening calmly with her window down.