Mayor killed in Chilpancingo
10/09/24 (written by lcalderón) – On September 30th, Alejandro Arcos Catalán was sworn in as mayor of Chilpancingo, the state capital of Guerrero. Only 6 days later, Arcos Catalán was …
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Two Mayoral Candidates Killed Just Hours Apart in Maravatío, Michoacán
03/11/2024 (written by cahtoong) – On February 26, 2024 two mayoral candidates in Michoacán were murdered hours apart while campaigning in Maravatío. According to CNN, Miguel Angel Zavala of the …
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Mexico’s 2021 Elections Rocked By Political Violence
06/29/2021 (written by rramos) – Against the backdrop of a relatively high voter turnout and a mixed result for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling leftist bloc, Mexico’s 2021 midterm …
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New Justice in Mexico Working Paper: Assassinations Target Local Candidates and Officials in Lead Up to 2018 Mexican Elections
01/07/18 (written by David A. Shirk) — Late on the afternoon of Saturday, December 9, 2017, Jose Santos Hernández, the mayor of the town of San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca, …
PRD mayoral candidate decapitated in Guerrero
03/19/15 — Aidé Nava González, the 42-year-old Democratic Revolution Party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) mayoral candidate for Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero, was abducted by six armed men during a meeting …