Mother of President Fox Dies at 86
 Reuters
| | Vicente Fox flashes the victory sign with his mother Mercedes Quesada at his San Cristobal ranch in Leon, Mexico, in this Monday, June 19, 2000 file photo. The mother of President Vicente Fox died Thursday night, June 29, 2006 at the family's ranch in the central state of Guanajuato, three days before elections to replace the outgoing leader, the president's office said. (AP/Jose Luis Magana) |
The mother of Mexican President Vicente Fox died on Thursday, three days before national elections to choose her son's successor.
Mercedes Quesada, 86, died at the family ranch in the central state of Guanajuato, the president's office said. Private services were scheduled for Friday, the office said. It provided no other information.
Born in Spain and the mother of nine children, Quesada had suffered from health problems since suffering a brain hemorrhage in 2000. Fox was at the ranch in Guanajuato on Thursday night, local online press reports said.
Mexicans will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in what is seen as a tight race between leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon.
Fox, a former Coca-Cola executive and rancher whose 2000 election win ended 71 years of single-party rule, leaves office in December and is barred by law from seeking re-election. |
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