The two mayoral candidates were reported killed on the same day. Their deaths bring the number of local politicians killed in the lead up to Mexico’s June elections to 17.
Two mayoral candidates were killed in two different parts of Mexico as the country heads to elections in June, authorities said.
Center-right mayoral candidate Noe Ramos of Ciudad Mante was fatally stabbed in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, said state attorney general Irving Barrios. Authorities are searching for the suspect.
Local media reported Ramos, who was seeking reelection, was meeting with residents in the street on Friday when the suspect stabbed him with a knife.
Meanwhile, in the southern state of Oaxaca, another mayoral candidate Alberto Antonio Garcia, was also found dead on Friday, according to the state prosecutor.
He and his wife Agar Cancino, who is the mayor of San Jose Independencia, were reported missing on Wednesday. Cancino was found alive.
The electoral board said such crimes “should not occur during elections.”
PAN started the contemporary Mexican war on the cartels under Calderon, but the conditions that enabled the Narcos to aquire their power were set during PRI’s long reign.
And that’s to say nothing of America’s role in all of it, so it’s complicated.