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The following is a list of assassinations of politicians during the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which started on 1 December 2018 and ended on 30 September 2024. Assassinations of political candidates during the 2023-2024 election cycle can be found in List of politicians killed during the 2024 Mexican elections.
A city council candidate also went missing in the same attack on Monday, authorities said. ... At least 34 police officers have been killed in this city of 500,000 people in the last three years.
Mayoral candidate for the municipality of La Concordia, Chiapas One of six people shot dead in a "clash between armed civilians" during a campaign event. [33] [34] José Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos PRI: 29 May 2024 Candidate for mayor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero Killed before giving his last campaign speech. [35] Jorge Huerta PVEM: 31 May 2024
A total of 37 candidates had been assassinated ahead of Sunday’s vote in Mexico, a security consultancy says. Mexico elects 1st female president following deadliest election campaign in country ...
The killing takes the number of assassinated candidates in the 2024 election season to 37, one more than during the 2021 midterm election when 36 candidates were killed, according to data from ...
It was first governed by a five-member city council, with Wallace Edgerton as the mayor. [37] Edgerton was re-appointed mayor for a second term in 2009, [38] and for a third term in 2010. [39] In 2011, John Denver was appointed mayor by city council, after the city's people requested a change in leadership at city council meetings. [40]
In the Michoacán city of Maravatío on Feb. 26, gunmen killed two mayoral candidates — from opposing political parties — seven hours apart. Both were shot in their vehicles.
As demonstrated with the killing of Rodolfo Torre Cantú in June 2010, a candidate for the PRI who was running for the state government of Tamaulipas, drug lords are interfering with Mexico's election process. [5] 88 politicians or candidates were killed between September 2020 and the June 2021 Mexican legislative election. [6]