DEVELOPING: The Electoral Institute of Oaxaca (IEEPCO) faces accusations of fraud in the mandate revocation process for Governor Salomón Jara, with box 247 reporting 1,203 votes for him despite an initial 182, according to Jorge Gomez on X at approximately 8:00 PM UTC on January 27, 2026. The PT party denounced system failures during the count over the past hour. PT representative Dante Montaño stated that the counting system crashed at 9:30 PM, 1:00 AM, and 7:00 AM local time, with votes for Jara increasing after each restart, as reported by Maria Lopez San Martin on X. Jorge Gomez described the discrepancy in box 247 as a fraud of epic proportions. These claims follow earlier protests in Oaxaca between 6:45 PM and 7:45 PM UTC on January 27, where demonstrators criticized the National Electoral Institute (INE) for enabling Morena's alleged 2024 election manipulation, according to PNeoliberalMx on X. No official response from IEEPCO, PT, or Morena appears in sources within the 7:45 PM to 8:45 PM UTC window on January 27, 2026.
