Mexico: Mayoral candidate rolls out 'Batmobile' for campaign boost

Valentin Gonzalez, a Municipal Mayoral Candidate for Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, has wheeled out a 'Batmobile' to draw attention to his election campaign in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Saturday. Gonzalez stated that he hoped to link the crime-fighting vehicle with "the return of tranquility and order in the municipality". The mayoral candidate posed for pictures with local children standing next to the Batmobile as the theme tune for Batman was played out loud. The owner of the vehicle Tomas Ibarra, who spent seven years working on his own version of the Batmobile, also posed alongside Gonzalez. Some 80 million Mexicans will go to the polls on June 7 to elect 500 federal representatives, 9 governors, 641 state legislators, 993 mayors and 16 borough chiefs in Mexico City.