A mayor has been discovered murdered in southern Mexico, native authorities introduced Saturday, lower than every week after one other politician was assassinated in the identical area tormented by cartel violence.
The homicide of Acacio Flores, who represents Malinaltepec, comes days after the killing of Salvador Villalba Flores, one other mayor from Guerrero state elected in June 2 polls.
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Prosecutors in Guerrero mentioned in a press release that Flores’ dying had been dominated a murder and brokers of the Ministerial Investigative Police have been probing the case.
The physique of Flores was found with a bullet wound to the again of the top at the back of a van in Malinaltepec, a human rights campaigner advised AFP.
The rights activist had been concerned in negotiations to free the politician after he was detained Thursday in an indigenous village. The mayor, who belongs to the Solidarity Encounter Occasion (PES), was attacked and kidnapped whereas touring to Alacatlazala, native media reported.
Guerrero’s public prosecutor mentioned an investigation into aggravated homicide had been opened, with a potential land possession dispute a part of the probe. In a press release on social media, Guerrero’s governor, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, mentioned she strongly condemned the homicide and vowed that authorities would “determine, find and produce to justice the folks accountable.”
Within the days main as much as his dying, Flores had taken to social media to say he was “delivering outcomes” and “leaving a mark on probably the most distant villages of the municipality.”Â
Since Mexico’s marketing campaign season started final September, round 30 political candidates have been killed, in keeping with Knowledge Civica, a non-governmental group.
In Mexico’s common election on June 2, leftist Claudia Sheinbaum was elected by an awesome majority because the first lady president of the nation.
Two feminine politicians have been killed for the reason that election. Earlier this month, an area councilwoman was gunned down as she was leaving her house in Guerrero. Her homicide got here just a few days after the mayor of a city in western Mexico and her bodyguard have been killed outdoors of a gymnasium, simply hours after Sheinbaum received the presidency.
Guerrero, one of many states most affected by drug cartel violence given its location alongside Mexico’s Pacific coast, recorded 1,890 murders in 2023. It’s amongst six states in Mexico that the U.S. State Division advises People to fully keep away from, citing crime and violence.
Guerrero can be the house of the Acapulco, a resort metropolis that was as soon as a playground for the wealthy and well-known however lately has been tormented by violence. Final month, 5 folks have been killed in an armed assault in Acapulco, simply three days after 10 different our bodies have been discovered within the resort metropolis.
