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A total of 133 politicians have been murdered since the start of the electoral process in Mexico in September, ending Sunday with presidential elections, said Thursday the consulting firm of AFP Etellekt
. 28 were pre-candidates and 20 other candidates, adds the company specializing in risk badysis and public policies.
The Sunday elections are the largest in the country's history: more than 18,000 positions will be renewed, of which:
The last violent episode against politicians took place on Wednesday in the state of Michoacn, where an acting mayor was shot while driving his car in the city of Buena Vista Tomatln in broad daylight
Of the 133 politicians killed, 17 were women and, in addition, 50 parents different activists were also killed.
"This violence was concentrated in the local sphere, at least 71% of the aggressors were against elected officials and candidates who aspired to positions in the local sphere, especially prefectures and municipal legislatures," commented director of consultancy, Rubn Salazar, broadcaster Grupo Frmula
Compared to the electoral process of 2012, the number of politicians murdered "
" Mexico ended the year 2017 with 25,339 homicides, the figure the highest of all time. "
" There were only nine political badbadinations and one badbadination, "said Salazar, from the beginning of the national recordings in 1997.
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