Tomás Morales was hoping to become mayor of the violence-wracked city of Chilapa, Guerrero.
Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Wednesday that a mayoral candidate was killed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, one of a half-dozen local politicians murdered so far this year ahead of the June 2 national elections.Tomás Morales was hoping to become mayor of the violence-wracked city of Chilapa, Guerrero.The ruling Morena party had not formally named Morales as candidate, but he was considered a top contender in the race.
5, the local leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas, was killed. The same day, in the northwestern state of Colima, a mayoral candidate of the Citizen Movement party in Armeria was shot by gunmen while in his vehicle.Mexico's drug cartels have often focused assassination attempts on mayors and mayoral candidates, in a bid to control local police or extort money from municipal governments.
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