A mayor of the state of Warrior (south) elected in the recent elections of Mexico was murdered on Monday morning on a road in the tourist port of Acapulcoinformed the regional Public Ministry.
Salvador Villalba Floreselected municipal president of Copala by the new regional party Mexico Avanza (left), was killed on the highway Acapulco-Pinotepa National, said the Public Ministry in a statement Warrior.
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The institution added that it initiated the investigation by qualified homicidewithout giving further details.
The South of Warriornewspaper from that region, noted that Villalba He is a retired captain of the secretariat of Marine and had escorts from the National Guard, who, however, did not accompany him on the trip he made to the Mexico City when he was murdered.
“The elected mayor was removed from the bus he was traveling in when the unit stopped near São Pedro the Beaches” in the early hours of Monday to shoot him dead, the news outlet noted on its website.
According to media versions of Warrior, Villalba He decided to run in the elections after the murder of his friend Jesus González Riosleader of the Green Party of Mexico in Copala, registered on June 29, 2023.
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Violence derived from drug trafficking
Mexico held general elections on 2 June. In these elections, the left Claudia Sheinbaum She was overwhelmingly elected as the first president in the history of the Latin American country.
During the electoral campaign, which began in September, around thirty candidates for various positions They were murdered, according to the NGO Data Cívica.
Guerrero, one of the states most convulsed by the activity of drug trafficking cartels that has coastline in Pacificaccumulated 1,890 murders in 2023 due mainly to violence Criminal organizations.
One of those murdered was Yonis Bañoscandidate of the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) for mayor of Santo Domingo Armentafrom the state of Oaxaca, which together with Warrior It is one of the poorest regions in the country.
Baños was killed after polls closed for the June 2 elections. The crime was committed by a person who entered his home, the government of Oaxaca.
The dejected candidate did not request any security measures from the authorities. protection for protect your integrity before state or federal authorities.
Source: Elcomercio
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