Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election, calling for reconciliation after what he called a “historic day”.

Furious at spiralling corruption and violence, Mexican voters unleashed a political earthquake on Sunday by electing the leftist firebrand and giving him a broad mandate to overthrow the political establishment. Report by Khanomh. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn