Mexican political parties are courting voters living in Texas ahead of Mexico’s presidential election

Marko Cortés, president of Mexico’s Partido Acción Nacional, or PAN, addresses business leaders at El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant in Oak Cliff on Feb. 6. (Credit: Jaime Carrero for The Texas Tribune)

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DALLAS — Tucked in the corner of the El Ranchito Mexican restaurant in the Oak Cliff neighborhood, about 50 Mexican American community leaders gathered earlier this month over fajitas while representatives of Mexico’s National Action Party began a get-out-the-vote drive for Mexico’s 2024 presidential election.