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Knowing Home Depots have been prime targets, Silvia Menendez had come to the area early to give out “know your rights” cards.

Tallies published on Tuesday showed that Silvia Delgado had won enough votes to secure a position as a local criminal judge in the city of Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border.

But in Sunday's rather unique election – the first of two votes by which Mexicans will choose the country's entire judiciary by direct ballot – Silvia Delgado is not an ordinary candidate.

Prof Silvia Sardinha is a wildlife vet and researcher at a university animal hospital that overlooks the site of the new highway.

King Carl XVI Gustaf, who visited the campus on Wednesday with Queen Silvia, told reporters: "All of Sweden feels it has experienced this traumatic event."