Mexico is holding the last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s nationwide elections. But the closing campaign rallies Wednesday were darkened by a wave of attacks on candidates. Late on Tuesday, a mayoral candidate in the western state of Jalisco was shot multiple times by intruders in his home.
A person holds a sign that reads “we are all the same Mexico ” at an opposition rally called to encourage voting ahead of the June 2 presidential elections, in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Late on Tuesday, a mayoral candidate in the western state of Jalisco was shot multiple times by intruders in his campaign offices.
Two members of Gilberto Palomar’s campaign staff were also wounded, and all three were hospitalized in serious condition, according to Jalisco state security coordinator Sánchez Beruben. Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the country’s path forward in voting shadowed by cartel violence. With two women leading the contest, Mexico will likely elect its first female president — a major step in a country long marked by its “macho” culture. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, according to the National Electoral Institute.
Gunmen killed an alternate mayoral candidate in Morelos state, just south of Mexico City on Tuesday, state prosecutors said. Local media reported attackers on a motorcycle shot Ricardo Arizmendi five times in the head in the city of Cuautla in Morelos. Alternate candidates take office if the winner of a race is incapacitated or resigns.Almost 2 months after embassy raid, Ecuador is ‘ready’ to talk with Mexico and reach solutionAbout 27 candidates, mostly running for mayor or town councils, have been killed so far this year.
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