The most recent election period has been described by human rights groups as “the bloodiest” in Mexican history, after 39 candidates for various positions were murdered
Esmeralda Garcón Campos, a municipal councilor in the city of Tixtla in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was killed yesterday Friday by gunmen who had set up a death cartridge while she was leaving her home.
He was elected with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which joined forces with other opposition parties, aiming to create an alliance against the National Renaissance Movement (MORENA). However, Esmeralda Garcón Campos supported the MORENA candidates in the June 2 elections, as is evident from her social media posts.
“Vote, without fear!”, she underlined in her message.
But the most recent election period has been described by human rights groups as “the bloodiest” in Mexican history, after 39 candidates for various positions were murdered.
On Sunday, MORENA’s presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum won the election and will become the first woman to be sworn in as president of Mexico.
24 hours later, Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa, mayor of the city of Cotija in the state of Michoacan, was killed along with her bodyguard in an armed ambush.
Source :Skai
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