Esmeralda Garzon is the second female politician to be killed in Mexico since Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president.
A local councilwoman was gunned down Friday as she was leaving her home in the southern state of Guerrero, authorities and local media said, marking the second female politician to be killed in Mexico after Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman to win the country's presidency last week. Esmeralda Garzon, a councilwoman in the municipality of Tixtla, was shot dead as she was leaving her house, local media reported.
Most violent elections in modern Mexican historyAt least 23 political candidates were killed while campaigning before the elections, according to official statistics, marking the most violent elections in modern Mexican history, according to Reuters.But some non-governmental organizations have reported an even higher toll, including Data Civica, which counted at least 30 killings of candidates.
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