Brian McDonald
The mayor of a city in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, just 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president of the Latin American country. first woman president.
The Michoacan state government condemned “the murder of the municipal president (mayor) of Cotija, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa,” the regional Interior Ministry said in a statement. post on social media.
The mayor’s assassination comes after Sheinbaum’s landslide victory injected hope for change into a country ravaged by rampant conflict. Gender-based violence.
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Sanchez, elected mayor in the 2021 elections, was shot dead on a public street, according to local media. Her Facebook profile says it is “defined by my preparation and desire to make Cotija a better place to live.”
Authorities gave no details about the murder, but said a security operation was launched to arrest the killers.
The politician has already been kidnapped in September last year, when leaving a shopping mall in the city of Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, neighboring Michoacán.
Three days later, the federal government said she was found alive.
According to local media reports at the time, the kidnappers belonged to the powerful Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG), who allegedly threatened the mayor for opposing the criminal group’s takeover of his municipality’s police force.
Michoacán is known for its tourist destinations and a thriving agro-export industry, but it is also one of the most violent states in the country due to the presence of extortion and drug trafficking gangs. In March, three farmers killed by a bomb apparently planted on a dirt road in Michoacan – just days after Mexico’s outgoing president acknowledged that an improvised explosive device killed at least four soldiers in what he called a “trap” likely set by a cartel.
Election marked by bloodshed
At least 23 political candidates were killed while campaigning before the elections – including a mayoral candidate whose murder was caught on camera last week. Alfredo Cabrera’s death came just one day after a mayoral candidate in the central Mexican state of Morelos was murdered.
Last week, nine people were killed in two attacks against mayoral candidates in the southern state of Chiapas. Both candidates survived.
Last month, six people, including a minor candidate and mayor Lucero Lopez, were killed in an ambush after a campaign rally in the municipality of La Concordia, neighboring Villa Corzo.
A candidate for mayor was shot dead last month as soon as she started the campaign.
Around 27,000 soldiers and members of the National Guard were deployed to reinforce security on election day.
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