Chiapas: attack on candidate leaves two people dead

An attack against Juan Gómez Morales, candidate of the Chiapas Unidos party for the municipal presidency of Benemérito de las Américas, in the south of the state of Chiapas, Mexicoleft two dead and some injured, the political organization and its leader Conrado Fuentes Astudillo revealed this Saturday.

The attack on Friday night caused the death of the candidate’s son, Jimmy Jhonatan Gómez Jerónimo, and the candidate for fifth councilor from the same party, Mauro Hernández, without there being an official report issued by the ministerial authorities regarding this event.

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“We are very sorry and strongly condemn the events that occurred in the municipality of Benemérito de las Américas, where our candidate Juan Gómez Morales suffered a to try. We offer our deepest condolences for the loss of your loved ones,” shared the Chiapas Unidos Party.

In the statement, signed by its leader Fuentes Astudillo, the political institute demanded that the authorities conduct the investigation, as well as allow an electoral process with guarantees for the candidates of all political parties with the aim of holding peaceful elections on June 2nd.

In a video shared on his social networks, the president of United Party of Chiapas He appealed to all Mexicans and political sectors to preserve peace to promote tranquility, in the midst of an electoral process in which 12 attacks took place in the state of Chiapasamong which three murders of candidates stand out.

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Fuentes Astudillo demanded not to fall for provocations, nor to use force and violence to obtain public positions.

“We will not fall for provocations, nor use force and violence to achieve what they once dreamed of, it really makes me very sad and generates a lot of disappointment to see how in some places, like in the case of Benemérito de las Américas yesterday Unfortunately, there was a tragic moment,” he said.

The party leader also asked that this electoral process “can be lived in peace and that there are no more human losses”.

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With the death of the fifth councilor As of Friday night, there have been 27 assassinations of candidates for public office so far in 2024, ahead of the biggest elections on June 2, with more than 20,700 positions at stake, including the Presidency, the federal Congress and eight state governments.

According to the report ‘Vote between bullets’ by the organizations Data Cívica, México Evalúa and Animal Político, 2023 was the year with the highest number of victims of political-criminal violence, with 574 people and facilities attacked, followed by 2022 with 486.

Source: Elcomercio

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