Politician shot dead while campaigning for election
An aspiring mayor was killed in Mexico on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks in the Latin American country ahead of elections.
Alfredo Cabrera, a candidate for the mayoral position in Mexico’s Coyuca de Benitez, in the southern state of Guerrero, was shot during a campaign rally.
Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado condemned the “cowardly crime.’’
Ms Salgado had asked the state prosecutor’s office to bring “the full weight of the law against the person or persons responsible,’’ she wrote on social media platform X.
Prosecutors said that they started the investigation into the homicide.
They added that the alleged assailant was killed at the scene.
At least 20 people running for office have been killed since September, according to local media.
Presidential, parliamentary and regional elections are due to be held in Mexico on Sunday.
(dpa/NAN)
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