Fox Doesn't Expect Leftist Opposition

By MARJORIE OLSTER
Associated Press Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mexico's outgoing President Vicente Fox said Tuesday he does not expect the country's leftist opposition to militantly oppose his successor even though it has declared a parallel government.

Fox, in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, also said Mexico is willing to extradite all drug lords in its custody who are wanted by the United States - his most sweeping commitment yet to send kingpins to face U.S. justice.

The Mexican leader said he did not expect the opposition's rejection of President-elect Felipe Calderon, a member of Fox's conservative party, to destabilize Mexico or hurt its economy.

Supporters of election loser Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared him president of their "parallel government" over the weekend. The declaration came at the end of seven weeks of intense protests with Lopez Obrador supporters camped out in the center of Mexico City, clogging the heart of the capital.