Morena candidate, husband of the kidnapped mayor in Oaxaca, is found dead

This Friday afternoon the discovery of the body of Alberto Antonio García, Morena candidate to succeed his wife Cancino Gómez Agar in the municipal presidency of San José Independencia, Oaxaca.

According to the Oaxaca Attorney General’s OfficeMayor Agar Cancino Gómez was found alive after being deprived of her freedom last Wednesday, April 17, although she showed apparent signs of torture.

Prior to the kidnapping, it is known that the Morenoist mayor had held a meeting with Karina Barón, head of the Executive Secretariat of the State Security Systemwith the purpose of coordinating efforts to preserve peace and security in the town.

As reported in local media, Cancino had declared days ago that the municipality was experiencing low levels of insecurity: “San José Independencia is a very noble town, here we can say that crime is very low”.

The alleged murder of Alberto Antonio García adds to the wave of violence against candidates for public office, especially those competing for local office.

Since the electoral process began, at least 25 murders of candidates for public officemembers of different political parties.

Who are the candidates murdered in this electoral process?

December 2023

• Jaime Damaso Solís, candidate for mayor of Zitlala in Guerrero
• Miguel Ángel Cruz Robles, candidate for the municipal presidency of Villa del Carbón, State of Mexico for Morena.
• Wilman Monje Morales, former mayor of the municipality of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, and aspirant to the local deputy by Citizen Movement.
• Alejandro Lanuza Hernández, PAN councilor of Salvatierra who was seeking to be a candidate for municipal presidency.
• Javier Torres Barrera, former PAN candidate for mayor of Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla, was seeking the municipal presidency.
• Dagoberto Garcia, aspirant for the municipal presidency of Maravatío, Michoacán by Morena
• Ricardo Taja Ramírez, candidate for mayor of Acapulco, Guerrero for Morena.

January 2024

• Giovanni Lezama Barrera, general secretary of the PAN in Morelos, was a councilor and was lined up to run for a federal deputyship.
• David Rey González Moreno, candidate for the municipal presidency of Suchiate, Chiapas for the Broad Front for Mexico.
• Sergio Hueso, candidate for the Citizen Movement candidacy for mayor of Armería, Colima.
• Miriam Nohemí Ríos Ríos, leader of the Citizen Movement in the municipality of Jacona, Michoacán.
• Marcelino Ruíz Esteban, former PRD mayor of Atlixtac, Guerrero aspired to be the PRD candidate for mayor of Atlixtac. In the same attack, his wife, Guadalupe Guzmán Cano, a state advisor for the same party, was murdered.
• José Alejandro Naredo García, leader of the PRD in the municipality of Cuitláhuac, in Veracruz.

February

• Jaime Vera, Morena and PVEM pre-candidate for mayor of Mascota, Jalisco.
• Juan Pérez Guardado, secretary of Social Development of the municipality of Fresnillo, Zacatecas. He was brother-in-law of Senator Ricardo Monreal.
• Yair Martín Romero Segura, candidate for federal deputyship for Morena, was murdered along with his brother in Ecatepec.
• Miguel Ángel Zavala Reyes, Morena’s candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán.
• Armando Pérez Luna, PAN candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán.

March

• Alfredo Gonzalez Diaz, PT candidate for the mayor of Atoyac, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero.
• Tomás Morales Patrón, Morena candidate for mayor of Chilapa, in Guerrero.
• Diego Pérez Méndez, PRI candidate for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas.
• Jaime González Pérez, Morenoist candidate for mayor of Acatzingo, Puebla.

April

• Gisela Gaytán, Morena candidate for mayor of Celaya, Guanajuato.
• Noé Ramos Ferretiz, candidate for mayor of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, for the PAN-PRI coalition.
• Alberto Antonio García, Morena candidate for the municipal presidency of San José Independencia, Oaxaca.