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News Bullet holes in the windshield of a car in which a candidate for mayor of Acapulco was traveling.
Candidates for mayor under attack in Guerrero and Tamaulipas There were no injuries in either case
Published on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
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Two mayoral candidates have been the target of armed attacks in the space of 12 hours, but with no injuries reported.
The Force for Mexico candidate for Acapulco, José Alberto Alonso Gutiérrez, was attacked in the Guerrero city Wednesday morning while en route to a campaign event, while farther north Jesús Galván, the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s (PRI) candidate for San Fernando, Tampaulipas, was the target of a gunman who opened fire Tuesday evening on vehicles in his entourage.
At least 88 politicians have been killed in Mexico and more than 100 report they’ve been threatened or kidnapped in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections. Why it matters: This Mexican election cycle is already the second-bloodiest ever. In 2018, about 140 people involved in politics were murdered.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeA municipal candidate, Alma Barragán, was assassinated this past Tuesday during a campaign stop.Electoral violence, according to experts, comes from organized crime trying to eliminate candidates they think will challenge them or their business, and from politicians trying to get rid of rivals.By the numbers: 75% of the assassinated politicians were opposition candidates running for state-level office, according to risk analysis firm Etellekt.It’s been estimated that a politician in Mexico is twice as likely as a civilian to be killed, in a country where the murde