What new Mexican President Pena Nieto's election means for the U.S.

(CBS News) In Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto has won the presidential election.

He's the new face of the old guard. His party ran Mexico for seven decades before being voted out in 2000.

It was a dramatic comeback for the Institutional Revolutionary Party - once so dominant it was referred simply as "the ruling party." And this is the man who led the PRI from 12 years on the sidelines back to the center of power: energetic, telegenic 45-year-old Pena Nieto.

Presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), gestures as he casts his vote with his wife Angelica Rivero de Pena on July 1, 2012 in Atlacomulco, Mexico. Mexicans went to the polls to choose a new president and vote in thousands of state and local posts nationwide.

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"No one person won, no party won - this day, democracy won," he told supporters at his victory party

Enrique Pena Nieto wins Mexican election, bringing power back to PRI

Pena Nieto inherits a raging war with Mexico's rich, ruthless drug cartels, started by his predecessor to try to wipe the cartels out. Pena Nieto says he'll take a different approach.

CBS News has learned the new president plans to continue to work with the U.S. cracking down on cross-border drug trade, but he intends to de-emphasize targeting high-profile drug lords and focus more on crimes that hurt Mexicans most: kidnapping, extortion and gun battles in the streets.

"There will be no pact or truce with organized crime," he told supporters.

There also will be no mincing of words when he meets with U.S. officials. Pena Nieto's party says the U.S. is the largest consumer of the drugs trafficked through Mexico and the biggest exporter of guns fueling the violence here. Pena Nieto is likely to be tougher pushing American leaders to do more north of the border to curb the use of drugs and smuggling of guns.

This afternoon President Barack Obama called from Camp David to congratulate the new president of Mexico. They confirmed the close bond between the two countries and vowed to work together closely on security, trade and promoting democracy.

The new president will serve one six-year term

[mzapata05]

Tomorrow, the United Stated of America will celebrate their freedom, in the meantime, Mexico, a shattered nation, weeps the return of what was known as the perfect dictatorship.
It is our duty to raise awareness of the events that are taking place in Mexico, for the media has failed to show the world the truth about the nation's "new president", Enrique Pena Nieto.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) reigned the country for 70 years, time in which the people of Mexico suffered oppression, injustice and abuse from their authorities. In 1968 president Diaz Ordaz (PRI) ordered the assassination of hundreds of protesting students, this event was known as "the night of Tlatelolco".
In 1997, a similar event occurred, in which under the rule of president Ernesto Zedillo (PRI) dozens of Indians were killed by paramilitary forces.
In 2000, Mexico rejoiced in a new hope when PRI was voted out of the federal government with the victory of Vicente Fox (National Action Party or PAN).
In 2006 an event known as the civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco took place in which police elements prevented a group of vendors from selling flowers through violent means. The vendors asked for help to the residents of the community and blocked the highway as protest. The governor of the State of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto executed an order in which hundreds of policemen arrived to the place and killed dozens of people and sexually abused dozens of women. Enrique Pena Nieto publicly confirmed giving the order and despite protests, he was not brought to justice.
Enrique Pena Nieto is a Mexican lawyer whose family has been involved in mexican politics since the beginning of the 20th century. His former wife, Monica Pretelini died under mysterious circumstances that were never solved in 2007. When asked in an interview about his wife's death Enrique Pena Nieto responded that his wife struggled against "a disease he could not remember" and was dead on the floor when he entered their bedroom. In 2008, he announced his relationship with telenovela actress Angelica Rivera and married her in 2010.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari, ex-president of Mexico known for his corruption, ties with the drug dealing cartels, and numerous schemes, returned to Mexico to build Pena Nieto's way to presidency.
Pena Nieto was widely criticized for his misogynistic comments in which when asked if he knew the price for a kilogram of tortillas, he replied "I don't know, I'm not the housewife". He did not know the minimum wage in Mexico either.
When invited to a book fair, he was asked about the three books he cherished the most, he was not able to remember book titles or book authors and asked for help. When he was criticized for this, his daughter posted a tweet stating that the "working class ******** criticize those whom they are jealous of"
. Millions of public funds were given to Pena Nieto to support his political campaign in which he gave money away for votes, the evidence for this, is all over the internet. During the 2012 elections this last weekend, many irregularities were caught on video and were reported to the Federal Electorate Institute( IFE), which did nothing in response. Among these irregularities were the purchase of votes, intimidation from armed individuals towards voters, the murders of several people, the repression of protesters, the burning of voting ballots, the kidnapping of voters , disappearance of ballot boxes and closing the ballot booths stating they ran out of ballots taking away the right to vote from hundreds of people.
With only 17% of the votes counted, Enrique Pena Nieto declared himself the winner and gave his winning speech supported by current president Felipe Calderon.
There were an enormous amount of inconsistencies between the ballot reports and the Federal Electoral Institute's report, in which they subtracted a considerable amount of votes form Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and manipulated the results.
The Anonymous group, hacked the IFE's server and revealed the manipulation of the results, the actual winner was Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with 37% of the votes.
There are numerous protests all over Mexico that are not being covered by national or international media, this is the beginning of a pacific revolution, we need to raise awareness, let the world know what is going on in Mexico, a country that is trying to fight back the dictatorship that threatens to once again devastate the nation. Please, share this message with your contacts, your local news, institutions and let's support the awakening of a country that craves what you have, democracy and freedom! Be a part of this movement; do not let your brothers and sisters fall into mayhem. We are all one, let's make democracy and freedom a universal right!

[samXXkiley]

coucou,
his task will be difficult but not impossible, fight poverty and drug cartels, anyway, Enrique Pena Nieto will be better than Felipe Calderon, hopefully.
"au revoir"

[nohater]

obama has done nothing to secure the border. nieto can't do much if anything to rein in the drug cartels. the combo of obama/nieto will most likely only yield rhetoric. why Americans have to do drugs be it pot, cocaine, meth, heroin, or bath salts or sniffing glue, paint, gasoline, or whatever is still a mystery. what has happened to the USA and its citizens?

[maiingan]

Memo to CBS News: BUY A TILDE! Say whatever you want, but spell the guy's name correctly!

[Ulgnud]

Although he does have a point about the US as a consumer of drugs, Appeasing the cartels won't work. They will continue working themselves into government positions. The loyalty will be to the cartels. not the legitimate government.

[jwilsonte5]

The mexician goverment is so deep involved with the drug cartels it is like fighting thereselfs..They built there country off drug business and they are indebted to the cartels for there prosperty they have poured there drugs into this country sence 60's so its a losing battle...but surely dont have the nerve to blame the kids who have fell victium to them!!!The gov. of mexico knows they are the rotten eggs here shame on them they live like kings off the corpses of our chldren and innocent !!

[OnTheRoad01]

As long as there Americans buying and using drugs, there will be war on the streets of Mexico!

[realtimecoffee]

As long as we insist on the stupid war on drugs there will be war on the streets of Mexico. Legalize it, regulate it and tax it.