Enrique Peña Nieto Wins Presidential Election — PRI Returns to Power

PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto wins Mexico's presidential election with 38.2% of the vote, defeating leftist AMLO (25.7%) and PAN's Josefina Vázquez Mota (25.4%). The PRI's return to power after 12 years in opposition represents a public repudiation of the Calderón-era drug war strategy. Peña Nieto promises a new security approach emphasizing crime reduction over cartel capture.