Two people running for mayor were reported to have been killed in Mexico on Friday, one in the northeast and another in the south.
Officials said this event is part of a surge in political violence before the upcoming June elections.
In Tamaulipas, a state known for crime near the US border, they started looking for the person who stabbed candidate Noe Ramos, as stated by state attorney general Irving Barrios.
The candidate from the center-right party, seeking re-election in Mante, was walking to meet locals when he was attacked by a man with a knife on Friday, according to local media.
Ramos later died from his injuries, according to state security spokesman Jorge Cuellar on Milenio television.
In the southern state of Oaxaca, another candidate, Alberto Antonio Garcia, was found dead on Friday after being missing earlier in the week, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
Officials had been looking for Garcia and his wife, Agar Cancino, the current mayor of San Jose Independencia, after they were reported missing on Wednesday.
Cancino was found alive on Friday, but Garcia was dead, the prosecutor’s office said.
For years, organized crime-related violence has led to the deaths of Mexican politicians, especially those in or seeking regional positions.
Since September 23, when the process for the June general elections began, 15 candidates for regional positions have been murdered, according to consulting firm Integralia before the deaths of Ramos and Garcia.
Earlier in the month, a person running for mayor in Celaya, one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities, was shot on the street while meeting with supporters.
AFP
