They killed a candidate for mayor of Guanajuato in the middle of the campaign

The opposition candidate for mayor of the municipality of Morolen, located in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Alma Rosa Barragn, was shot on Tuesday in the countryside.

Clemente Castaeda, national coordinator of the formation of the Citizen Movement, represented by Barragn, confirmed the facts and called for justice to be guaranteed, reported Europa Press.

In addition, two other people were injured in this “armed attack”, denounced the party, which “deeply” regretted the event and offered its “solidarity and support to the victims and families”.

According to local media, A group of armed men went to the site of the electoral process and opened fire on the woman.The fact is the subject of an investigation by a cell of the prosecutor’s office of Guanajuato.

The leader of Movimiento Ciudadano demanded that the government guarantee justice for this “brutal attack”.“Do justice, do not leave this crime with impunity,” Castaeda asked in a message to the president, Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, of the Morena party and of the governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue, of the National Action Party (PAN).

“With the murder of the candidate of Movimiento Ciudadano for mayor of Morolen, Guanajuato, Alma Barragn, there are 88 politicians assassinated “in the framework of the elections of 2021, denounced the communication and risk management consulting firm Etellekt.

Crimes in the Context of Elections

In the last choice, in 2018, the deaths of 152 politicians were reported, including 48 candidates or pre-candidates.

Since December 2006, when the government launched a controversial anti-drug operation, Mexico recorded over 300,000 murders, according to official figures which attribute most of these crimes to organized crime.

After learning the facts, the Interior Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero deplored the death of Movimiento Ciudadano candidate. “We condemn the fact that violence tarnishes the electoral process and slashes democracy. We must ensure free and safe elections,” he said in a message on his Twitter profile.

In contrast, the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) reported that its mayoral candidate for the municipality of Uruapan, Michoacn state, Omar Plancarte, was kidnapped on Tuesday.

The formation said that, according to witnesses, the applicant had been “stopped” by a group of unknowns while driving a vehicle in the community of Caurio, in the municipality of Jimnez, reported the Mexican newspaper La Jornada.

The Michoacn Attorney General announced that he had started an “emergency” investigation to clarify the facts.

Meanwhile, a group of armed men shot dead the candidate for mayor of the tourist port of Acapulco by the regional party Fuerza por Mxico, Jos Alberto Alonso, who was injured and taken to hospital after the attack. while driving on a highway. coastal.

Jos Alberto Alonso, candidate of the Fuerza por Mxico regional party for mayor of Acapulco, in the southern state of Guerrero, was attacked while driving his vehicle through Costera Vieja, one of the most touristic areas of the country. city ​​port, police reported. state.

“Our candidate Jos Alberto ‘El Gero’ Alonso was the victim of a cowardly attack in the Costera Vieja, at the height of the sports club; he was traveling in his truck with his escort. New news will be released soon,” reported on the Twitter account of the victim, who already in 2018 was also shot while he was a candidate for the municipal prosecutor.

Tuesday’s crime was deplored by President Andrs Lpez Obrador, while the Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission expressed concern about the violence ahead of the June 6 elections.