The runner-up in the contested Honduras election has rejected the official results, alleging fraud. Right-wing ruling party candidate Juan Orlando Hernández was named the winner last week over Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. But on Friday, Castro demanded a recount, citing fraud at the polls.

Xiomara Castro: “We have uncovered a disgusting, monstrous fraud, through which the Honduran people have been robbed of the presidency of the republic. We will not change our position until we are allowed to enter the electoral system. We are not going to accept the results from this electoral tribunal. We do not recognize the legitimacy of any government that is a product of this assault.”

Castro’s LIBRE party says vote tallies from thousands of ballot boxes were falsified. Observers from the European Union, Organization of American States and the Carter Center have called the elections transparent. But other observers, including Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón and some dissenting members of the EU delegation, have said there was fraud. On Sunday, thousands of people marched in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa in a show of support for a recount. The demonstrators paraded with the coffin of Antonio Ardón, a well-known LIBRE party supporter who was shot dead on Saturday. Activists say his killing was politically motivated.