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Assassination

October 7, 2024

Mexican mayor assassinated days after assuming office

PRI president Alejandro Moreno said Mr Arcos’s murder came three days after the homicide of Francisco Tapia, secretary of Chilpancingo’s city council.

Alejandro Arcos
July 14, 2024

Assassination Attempt: Trump, other U.S. presidential candidates, presidents shot

From the first incident in 1963 to the most recent on Saturday, there have been six different gun attacks on presidential candidates and presidents in the U.S.

Secret service holding Trump to safety
August 10, 2023

Gunmen assassinate Ecuador’s presidential candidate Villavicencio during campaign

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been assassinated in the country’s capital during a campaign event.

Fernando Villavicencio
December 6, 2022

Iran sentences five persons to death for assassination

Eleven other convicts were sentenced to imprisonment, including three minors.

Islamic Revolutionary Court