Mexican candidate gets ruling-party nod despite rape claims March 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail EDS NOTE: NUDITY - Women demonstrators moon Mexico City's National Palace during a march to commemorate International Women's Day and protesting against gender violence, Monday, March 8, 2021.Rebecca Blackwell/AP MEXICO CITY (AP) — A candidate for a governorship in southern Mexico has been confirmed as the nominee of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party despite nationwide protests over the fact two women accused him of rape . Candidate Félix Salgado has not been charged; the statute of limitations ran out on one case and the other is still being investigated. But intense protests spawned by the accusations forced the party to hold a second poll to determine whether Salgado, already the nominee, should continue in the race.