A gunman killed yesterday Wednesday 29/05/2024, a candidate within the municipal elections within the Mexican state of Guerrero on the final day of the election marketing campaign, introduced Evelyn Salgado Pineda, the governor of this state, which is stricken by the violence of organized crime gangs.
The mayoral candidate within the village of Cojuca de Benitez, Alfredo Cabrera, was amongst his supporters when a gunman shot him repeatedly within the again point-blank, as captured on beginner video performed by Mexican media, together with the web site Quadratín Guerrero in its report on the killing .
That is how they executed José Alfredo Cabrera, PRI-PAN-PRD candidate for the municipal presidency of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero. pic.twitter.com/fqHZRO380Y
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He’s the twenty fourth candidate killed since campaigning started forward of Sunday’s June 2 presidential, parliamentary and regional elections, in accordance with official figures.
The Mexican authorities had counted 22 assassinations of candidates earlier than Wednesday’s in Guerrero state and Tuesday’s in Morelos state (south).
Drug cartels and different gangs are searching for to “impose candidates” within the upcoming elections, Victor Serrato, a prosecutor specializing in prison instances linked to electoral processes within the state of Michoacán (west), just lately advised AFP.
The modus operandi is kind of the identical: “criminals select a candidate” and let others know they “haven’t any proper” to take part, threatening to execute them in the event that they disobey their orders.
The federal government of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has introduced that it’ll deploy a complete of 27,000 troopers and members of the Nationwide Guard to ensure the safety of polling stations on Sunday.
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