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Toro's only serious challenger, Tulio Gómez, a supermarket founder and football team owner, had his candidacy revoked by the National Electoral Council.

The charges against his son result from an investigation that the President himself called for.

A recount shows the opposition was slighted by at least 390,000 votes so far, though the government spokesman swears fraud is impossible.

“No more defense of the murderous rats that today pose as human rights defenders, no more defense of evil and criminality with ornate writings”—General (ret) Luis Humberto Poveda.