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Experts warn that Mexico's emboldened drug cartels could make this summer's elections the most violent ever.

The two men were gunned down in the city of Maravatio, as experts warn the June 2 election could be Mexico's most violent on record.

Armando Pérez, the candidate for the National Action Party, and Miguel Angel Zavala, from the Morena party, were both killed in the last 24 hours in Maravatio, Mexico.

The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as a threat. During the last nationwide election in 2021, about three dozen candidates were killed.

Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatio have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the countrys most violent on record.

The Mexican president seeks to enshrine some of the policies that have marked his tenure as he faces the last four months of his term in office

EL PAÍS has reconstructed the battle to control the institution that will oversee the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico. This report examines the role of the magistrates, the political power they wield, as well as the slow-motion fall of Judge Reyes Rodríguez, the head of the court who was forced to resign

President López Obrador responded to research published last week that indicated drug cartels form the fifth-largest employer nationwide.

Critics want the government to refrain from distributing the materials from Monday, when millions of students will start a new school year.

President López Obrador's daily pressers covered Maya Train progress, migrant workers, violence in Chiapas, junk food and more this week.