Authorities say gunmen have killed the mayor of a small Mexican town along with three other people in a highway attack on their vehicle. The federal public safety department said the killings occurred late Sunday in the northern state of San Luis Potosi. Authorities said the possible motive in the attack was under investigation.
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The federal public safety department said the killings occurred late Sunday in the northern state of San Luis Potosi. Among the dead was the mayor of Tancanhuitz, Jesús Franco Lárraga. There was no immediate information on the identities of the other three. Authorities said the possible motive in the attack was under investigation. The town is in the largely rural Huasteca region.
Last week, gunmen killed a state judge in the violence-wracked Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Two days earlier, assailants in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz shot to death a federal congressman. The motives for killings of mayors in Mexico have included political differences, conflicts over corruption and drug cartel pressure on local officials.
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