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A candidate for the municipal elections in Mexico was shot useless within the state of Puebla, in keeping with what the authorities introduced, earlier than the overall elections, that there have been greater than twenty candidates who met the identical destiny earlier than the vote.
Jorge Huerta Cabrera, who was a candidate for membership within the municipal council of town of Isocar de Matamoros, was killed and his spouse and one among his assistants had been injured within the assault, in keeping with a supply within the Puebla authorities and one other within the Public Prosecution.
In keeping with native media, Huerta Cabrera (30 years outdated) was killed by a number of gunshot wounds in broad daylight whereas getting out of his automotive.
25 candidates for native elections have been killed because the begin of the election marketing campaign, in keeping with the Mexican authorities, for its half, the non-governmental group Knowledge Civica reveals that the variety of deaths is round 30.
The newest assassination got here forward of elections scheduled for tomorrow, by which Mexicans had been requested to elect a brand new president for the nation and greater than 20,000 officers on the native and nationwide stage.
Supply: Agence France-Presse
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2024-06-02 14:24:08