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.”
The PRI lost power ages ago, the one-party state thing died long ago too. This is the result of the current party (Morena) and the president (El Kks) having a huge debt with the narcos and their “hugs, not bullets” policy which in reallity it’s just letting them do as they want as payment from helping them get to power, now it’s just the narcos killing whoever they need to try and get their own on power.
The thing the other guy said about PAN starting the “war on narcs” is a half truth, something needed to be done to try and fix the security problem but Morena has managed to surpass (by a lot) the violence, deaths and narcs activities just by working with them.
The Morena cult loves to cry “but the PRIAN” (means the other 2 main parties PRI and PAN in a despective way) while covering their eyes and ears about how the worst of every party joined Morena from the beginning, hoping to be allowed to do as they pleased with zero consequenses.
Very interesting, thank you.
Just to add something… Morena isn’t a left party, they are populists and following facism 101, actively trying to gather power in a single individual (hence why they are called a cult), even Trump himself has come out and said the Kks aligns perfectly with the things he wishes to achieve; I’ve already seen some communities inside Lemmy trying to defend them thinking they are siding with someone from the left.
This is a laughably ignorant take.
You should probably explain how or this comment is easy to ignore.
I gave proper context in my own comment. Explaining political violence just considering the current administration is preposterous. This is an issue that has been there since the 1970s and came to full force in the 2000s with the rise of Chapo Guzman.
This guy’s take is the equivalent of an avid Fox News watcher explaining you what is Antifa or the BLM movement.
Really? Because you sound just like a MAGA kid trying to project everything as “the other party’s fault”.
The problem with the narcos is historical, but the Kks made it worse there’s no reason to deny that or to try and shift the blame.
Past administrations couldn’t properly deal with the problem, morena gives them free reign.
I’m not defending amlo and couldn’t care less. Acussing me of being a “MAGA kid” while using a ridiculous nickname to refer to the president is telling. “Sleepy Joe huehuehue” energy there.
Well, I was in my early 20s during Calderon’s administration and got carjacked at gunpoint twice, had friends whose parents were kidnapped, people across the board forced to close their businesses because they couldn’t keep up with the threats and extortion from the Cartels. None of that shit is happening now, but really hasn’t happened since PAN left. That’s my personal experience. Not to mention the booming economy.
And even if I personally see that difference, I know not to get carried away by testimonial evidence and i’m saying things are the same, which is a huuuge concession to make.