CAMPAIGNING has ended for Mexico’s general election this Sunday — but closing rallies were darkened by attacks on candidates and the country’s persistently high homicide rate.

Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez started her last campaign rallies early Wednesday on the outskirts of Mexico City, and she focused her attacks on outgoing socialist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s “hugs not bullets” policy on dealing with drug cartels.

Ms Galvez is facing the candidate of Amlo’s Morena party, former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.