Mayor’s candidate, 3 of her supporters were shot dead during the campaign gathering in Mexico

The state governor said that a candidate for the town and three of its supporters were killed on Sunday at a campaign event in the Eastern Mexican state of Verarsruz, which represents the latest politician targeting violence in the country.

Yisa Lara, President Claudia Shinabom Moreena’s candidate for the mayor of Tusstbeck, was identified by the local media as the dead politician.

Online footage was published during Facebook Live broadcast By the politician, people appear running and screaming while ringing gunshots in a motorcycle and supporters who carry the flags of Maurina.

Other common online images appear to show bodies on the street.

“We will find those responsible for the cowardly murder of Maurina’s candidate and their supporters at Texistepec; Posted on social media.

“There is no position or office worthy of a person’s life.”

State Prosecutor Office Emphasize on social media It has launched the investigation.

Lara posted many photos on Facebook, and showed her campaign all over the region.

“The strength of our youth is the vitality that motivates me to continue walking day by day,” I wrote Just hours before the shooting.

Criminal violence has witnessed about 480,000 people who have been killed in Mexico since 2006.

The targeted politicians in Mexico

The attacks on politicians are common in Mexico, especially at the local level, due to the violence associated with cartals. Corruption and drug trafficking millions of dollars.

The killing comes two days after Cecilia Rovalaba, a member of a council in the western state of Galisco in Mexico, in a hospital. Last month, Jose Luis Pereira, a senior member of the Tukalach city government, was Firing While eating in a restaurant in Gallisco.

In December 2024, he was a member of the Mexican Congress who was a member of the ruling coalition Shot In Ferkrose.

About two months ago, the mayor was Murder In the southern state of Guerrero. The following month, he was the former public prosecutor and local police officer Arrest Regarding horrific killing.

In June 2024, a Murder In southern Mexico, less than a week was assassinated from another politician in the same region.

In the same month, local Council member She was shot while she was leaving her house in Guerro. Her death came a few days after the mayor of a town in West Mexico and her bodyguard Killed out of the gymJust hours after Shinbom’s presidential victory.

In March 2024, a The mayor was shot While he is in a restaurant with his 14 -year -old son in Murilia, the capital of West Michocan state. His son survived.