Remote Mexican Communities Prepare For Election Challenges

A member of Mexico's Wixarika Indigenous community casts a ballot during a rehearsal for upcoming local and national elections (Credit: AFP)

As Mexico prepares for its biggest ever election, rehearsals are taking place in Indigenous towns in remote, often insecure regions where voting in the past has not always gone smoothly.

Electoral officials traveled for several hours into the mountains of western Jalisco state to train members of the Wixarika community, known for their resplendent art and traditional dress.