Young Mexican governor joins presidential race

The young governor Samuel Garcia, 35, who prides himself on having brought Tesla to his Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, entered the country's presidential race on Sunday.

Garcia officially submitted his candidacy for the center-leftist Citizens' Movement (MC) ahead of general elections on June 2 next year.The party governs two states out of 32 in Mexico, hosting the country's second and third largest cities -- Guadalajara in Jalisco and Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, on the border with Texas.

In February, Garcia announced on social media, with a photo of him next to Elon Musk, that Tesla would open a gigafactory in Monterrey. Construction has not yet started.