The following is a list of assassinations of political candidates, which took place in Mexico during the 2024 Mexican general and local elections. Up to sixty politicians were assassinated during the pre-campaign and campaign periods in Mexico. According to the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the total number was six. [1]
Name | Political party | Date | Position | Notes |
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Javier Torres Barrera |
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13 July 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla | Armed assailants kidnapped and killed Torres. [2] |
Wilman Monje Morales |
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11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz | Former mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora (2018–2021) as a member of Citizens' Movement. Ambushed and shot after dropping off his son at Colegio México near the Gutiérrez Zamora Municipal Palace. [3] |
Alejandro Lanuza Hernández |
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11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato | Regidor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Had previously been kidnapped while his sister was mayor (2018–2021). Killed while walking near his residence at 9:00 am. [4] |
Miguel Ángel Cruz Robles |
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26 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Villa del Carbón, State of Mexico | While driving on the Jilotepec–Villa del Carbón highway, Cruz was fatally shot by armed assailants. [5] |
Dagoberto García Rivera |
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4 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | García Rivera was reported missing on 19 October; his body was found in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, with signs of bullet wounds on 31 October and identified on 4 November. [6] |
Jaime Dámaso Solís |
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24 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Zitala, Guerrero | Former regidor of Zitala, Guerrero. Fatally shot outside his residence in the municipality at 8:00am. [7] |
Ricardo Taja Ramírez |
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21 December 2023 | Aspiring candidate for federal deputy | Local deputy of Guerrero (2012–2015) and federal deputy (2015–2018) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fatally shot in Acapulco. [8] |
Giovanni Lezama Barrera |
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4 January 2024 | Precandidate for local deputy of Morelos | Regidor of Cuautla, Morelos. Fatally shot in a gym in the municipality. [9] |
David Rey González Moreno |
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5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas | Armed assailants shot González Moreno while he was on a motorcycle near the Guatemala–Mexico border. Four gunshot wounds were found on his body. [10] |
Sergio Hueso |
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5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Armería, Colima | While driving, his vehicle was intercepted by armed assailants and was shot multiple times. [11] |
Miriam Nohemí Ríos Ríos |
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11 January 2024 | Municipal commissioner of Citizens' Movement in Jacona, Michoacán, and aspiring candidate for regidora | Trans woman and activist who was a candidate for regidora in 2021. She was shot by armed assailants while working at a clothing store. [12] |
Samantha Gomes Fonseca |
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14 January 2024 | Precandidate for senator representing Mexico City | Trans woman who was shot by armed assailants while riding a DiDi taxi. [13] |
Marcelino Ruiz Esteban |
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24 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Atlixtac, Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Ruiz Esteban and his wife, Guadalupe Guzmán Cano, were fatally shot by armed assailants. [14] |
Guadalupe Guzmán Cano |
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24 January 2024 | PRD state advisor of Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Guzmán Cano and her husband, Marcelino Ruiz Esteban, were fatally shot by armed assailants. [14] |
José Alejandro Naredo García |
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27 January 2024 | PRD municipal leader of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz | Killed by armed assailants in Cuitláhuac, Veracruz. [15] |
Jaime Vera Alanís |
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1 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Mascota, Jalisco | While exiting a laundromat in Zapopan, Vera Alanís was approached by two assailants dressed in black. One greeted him and then shot him three times. [16] |
Juan Pérez Guardado | N/A | 7 February 2024 | Secretary of Social Development in Fresnillo, Zacatecas | Brother-in-law of senator Ricardo Monreal. Fatally shot by armed assailants near the Real de Minas hospital in Fresnillo, Zacatecas. [17] |
Yair Martín Romero Segura |
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10 February 2024 | Precandidate for federal deputy | Romero Segura and his brother were fatally shot in Ecatepec. [18] |
Miguel Ángel Zavala Reyes |
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26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Two armed assailants shot Zavala Reyes at point blank-range while he was in his vehicle outside the clinic he worked at. The assailants fled in a car. [19] |
Armando Pérez Luna |
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26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Pérez Luna was found dead with gunshot wounds in his car. [19] |
Alfredo González Díaz |
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3 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero | While driving, González Díaz was fatally shot by armed assailants. [20] |
Tomás Morales Patrón |
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12 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero | While getting off his car outside of his house, Morales Patrón was fatally shot by an armed assailant. [21] |
Diego Pérez Méndez |
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14 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas | Pérez Méndez's body was found in Chamula, Chiapas. His wife and son were found wounded in the same location. [22] |
Humberto Amezcua |
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15 March 2024 | Mayor of Pihuamo, Jalisco, seeking reelection | While in his car, Amezcua was ambushed and shot by armed assailants. [23] |
Joaquín Martínez López |
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19 March 2024 | Mayor of Chahuites, Oaxaca, seeking reelection | Martínez López was shot by armed assailants while in front of his house. Second consecutive time that the incumbent mayor of Chahuites is assassinated. [24] |
Jaime González Pérez |
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23 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Acatzingo, Puebla | González Pérez was shot by two armed assailants while he was with his children on a car sales lot he owned. The assailants fled on motorcycles. [25] |
Gisela Gaytán |
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1 April 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Celaya, Guanajuato | At her first campaign rally in San Miguel Octopan , Gaytán was shot dead in broad daylight. [26] |
Julián Bautista Gómez |
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9 April 2024 | Former mayor of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas, seeking reelection | While driving his tractor on his way to work, armed assailants attacked and killed Bautista Gómez. [27] |
Noé Ramos Ferretiz |
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19 April 2024 | Mayor of El Mante, Tamaulipas, seeking reelection | Ramos Ferretiz was fatally stabbed by several assailants during a campaign event in Col. Azucarera, Ciudad Mante. [28] |
Alberto Antonio García |
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19 April 2024 | Incumbent municipal treasurer of San José Independencia, Oaxaca, and mayoral candidate for the same municipality | Antonio García and his wife, the incumbent mayor of San José Independencia, were abducted on 17 April. The two were found stranded on an island in a local reservoir on 19 April; his wife survived the kidnapping, but Antonio García had been beaten to death. [29] |
Francisco Sánchez Gaeta |
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27 April 2024 | Candidate for síndico of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco | Body found in an abandoned car on a highway in the municipality of Mascota, Jalisco. [30] |
Mauro Hernández Velin | Partido Chiapas Unido | 3 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas | Killed in a attack on Juan Gómez Morales, the party's mayoral candidate in the same municipality. Gómez's son was also killed. [31] [32] |
Santos Moreno Cabada |
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16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Choix, Sinaloa | Body with gunshot wounds abandoned on a vacant lot in Choix. [33] |
Aníbal Zúñiga Cortés |
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16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | One of four dismembered bodies found abandoned in a van in the port city of Acapulco. His wife was among the other victims. [34] |
Lucero López Maza | Partido Popular Chiapaneco | 16 May 2024 | 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. [35] [36] |
José Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos |
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29 May 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | Killed before giving his last campaign speech. [37] |
Jorge Huerta |
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31 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla | Shot while getting out of his vehicle in San Nicolás Tolentino. [38] |
Israel Delgado Vega |
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1 June 2024 | Candidate for síndico in Cuitzeo, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting at his home. [39] |
Yolanda Sánchez |
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3 June 2024 | Mayor in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting in the public plaza. [40] |
Esmeralda Garzón Campos |
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7 June 2024 | Regidora in Tixtla, Guerrero | Shot dead outside her home. [41] |
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The following is a list of assassinations of political candidates, which took place in Mexico during the 2024 Mexican general and local elections. Up to sixty politicians were assassinated during the pre-campaign and campaign periods in Mexico. According to the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the total number was six. [1]
Name | Political party | Date | Position | Notes |
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Javier Torres Barrera |
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13 July 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla | Armed assailants kidnapped and killed Torres. [2] |
Wilman Monje Morales |
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11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz | Former mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora (2018–2021) as a member of Citizens' Movement. Ambushed and shot after dropping off his son at Colegio México near the Gutiérrez Zamora Municipal Palace. [3] |
Alejandro Lanuza Hernández |
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11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato | Regidor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Had previously been kidnapped while his sister was mayor (2018–2021). Killed while walking near his residence at 9:00 am. [4] |
Miguel Ángel Cruz Robles |
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26 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Villa del Carbón, State of Mexico | While driving on the Jilotepec–Villa del Carbón highway, Cruz was fatally shot by armed assailants. [5] |
Dagoberto García Rivera |
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4 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | García Rivera was reported missing on 19 October; his body was found in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, with signs of bullet wounds on 31 October and identified on 4 November. [6] |
Jaime Dámaso Solís |
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24 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Zitala, Guerrero | Former regidor of Zitala, Guerrero. Fatally shot outside his residence in the municipality at 8:00am. [7] |
Ricardo Taja Ramírez |
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21 December 2023 | Aspiring candidate for federal deputy | Local deputy of Guerrero (2012–2015) and federal deputy (2015–2018) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fatally shot in Acapulco. [8] |
Giovanni Lezama Barrera |
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4 January 2024 | Precandidate for local deputy of Morelos | Regidor of Cuautla, Morelos. Fatally shot in a gym in the municipality. [9] |
David Rey González Moreno |
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5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas | Armed assailants shot González Moreno while he was on a motorcycle near the Guatemala–Mexico border. Four gunshot wounds were found on his body. [10] |
Sergio Hueso |
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5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Armería, Colima | While driving, his vehicle was intercepted by armed assailants and was shot multiple times. [11] |
Miriam Nohemí Ríos Ríos |
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11 January 2024 | Municipal commissioner of Citizens' Movement in Jacona, Michoacán, and aspiring candidate for regidora | Trans woman and activist who was a candidate for regidora in 2021. She was shot by armed assailants while working at a clothing store. [12] |
Samantha Gomes Fonseca |
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14 January 2024 | Precandidate for senator representing Mexico City | Trans woman who was shot by armed assailants while riding a DiDi taxi. [13] |
Marcelino Ruiz Esteban |
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24 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Atlixtac, Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Ruiz Esteban and his wife, Guadalupe Guzmán Cano, were fatally shot by armed assailants. [14] |
Guadalupe Guzmán Cano |
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24 January 2024 | PRD state advisor of Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Guzmán Cano and her husband, Marcelino Ruiz Esteban, were fatally shot by armed assailants. [14] |
José Alejandro Naredo García |
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27 January 2024 | PRD municipal leader of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz | Killed by armed assailants in Cuitláhuac, Veracruz. [15] |
Jaime Vera Alanís |
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1 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Mascota, Jalisco | While exiting a laundromat in Zapopan, Vera Alanís was approached by two assailants dressed in black. One greeted him and then shot him three times. [16] |
Juan Pérez Guardado | N/A | 7 February 2024 | Secretary of Social Development in Fresnillo, Zacatecas | Brother-in-law of senator Ricardo Monreal. Fatally shot by armed assailants near the Real de Minas hospital in Fresnillo, Zacatecas. [17] |
Yair Martín Romero Segura |
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10 February 2024 | Precandidate for federal deputy | Romero Segura and his brother were fatally shot in Ecatepec. [18] |
Miguel Ángel Zavala Reyes |
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26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Two armed assailants shot Zavala Reyes at point blank-range while he was in his vehicle outside the clinic he worked at. The assailants fled in a car. [19] |
Armando Pérez Luna |
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26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Pérez Luna was found dead with gunshot wounds in his car. [19] |
Alfredo González Díaz |
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3 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero | While driving, González Díaz was fatally shot by armed assailants. [20] |
Tomás Morales Patrón |
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12 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero | While getting off his car outside of his house, Morales Patrón was fatally shot by an armed assailant. [21] |
Diego Pérez Méndez |
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14 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas | Pérez Méndez's body was found in Chamula, Chiapas. His wife and son were found wounded in the same location. [22] |
Humberto Amezcua |
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15 March 2024 | Mayor of Pihuamo, Jalisco, seeking reelection | While in his car, Amezcua was ambushed and shot by armed assailants. [23] |
Joaquín Martínez López |
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19 March 2024 | Mayor of Chahuites, Oaxaca, seeking reelection | Martínez López was shot by armed assailants while in front of his house. Second consecutive time that the incumbent mayor of Chahuites is assassinated. [24] |
Jaime González Pérez |
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23 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Acatzingo, Puebla | González Pérez was shot by two armed assailants while he was with his children on a car sales lot he owned. The assailants fled on motorcycles. [25] |
Gisela Gaytán |
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1 April 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Celaya, Guanajuato | At her first campaign rally in San Miguel Octopan , Gaytán was shot dead in broad daylight. [26] |
Julián Bautista Gómez |
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9 April 2024 | Former mayor of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas, seeking reelection | While driving his tractor on his way to work, armed assailants attacked and killed Bautista Gómez. [27] |
Noé Ramos Ferretiz |
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19 April 2024 | Mayor of El Mante, Tamaulipas, seeking reelection | Ramos Ferretiz was fatally stabbed by several assailants during a campaign event in Col. Azucarera, Ciudad Mante. [28] |
Alberto Antonio García |
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19 April 2024 | Incumbent municipal treasurer of San José Independencia, Oaxaca, and mayoral candidate for the same municipality | Antonio García and his wife, the incumbent mayor of San José Independencia, were abducted on 17 April. The two were found stranded on an island in a local reservoir on 19 April; his wife survived the kidnapping, but Antonio García had been beaten to death. [29] |
Francisco Sánchez Gaeta |
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27 April 2024 | Candidate for síndico of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco | Body found in an abandoned car on a highway in the municipality of Mascota, Jalisco. [30] |
Mauro Hernández Velin | Partido Chiapas Unido | 3 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas | Killed in a attack on Juan Gómez Morales, the party's mayoral candidate in the same municipality. Gómez's son was also killed. [31] [32] |
Santos Moreno Cabada |
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16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Choix, Sinaloa | Body with gunshot wounds abandoned on a vacant lot in Choix. [33] |
Aníbal Zúñiga Cortés |
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16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | One of four dismembered bodies found abandoned in a van in the port city of Acapulco. His wife was among the other victims. [34] |
Lucero López Maza | Partido Popular Chiapaneco | 16 May 2024 | 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. [35] [36] |
José Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos |
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29 May 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | Killed before giving his last campaign speech. [37] |
Jorge Huerta |
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31 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla | Shot while getting out of his vehicle in San Nicolás Tolentino. [38] |
Israel Delgado Vega |
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1 June 2024 | Candidate for síndico in Cuitzeo, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting at his home. [39] |
Yolanda Sánchez |
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3 June 2024 | Mayor in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting in the public plaza. [40] |
Esmeralda Garzón Campos |
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7 June 2024 | Regidora in Tixtla, Guerrero | Shot dead outside her home. [41] |
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