2024-05-08 02:18:21
Less than a month before the votes are held, the electoral violence against candidates and politicians it continues; This weekend there were two attacks: one against Eduardo Rivera Perezopposition candidate for the governorship of Puebla, and the other towards Juan Gómez Morales, flag bearer for the mayor of Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas, who was unharmed, but not his son and the flag bearer for fifth councilor, Mauro Hernández.
With the latter, there are now 35 candidates murdered so far in the electoral process, according to a count by this medium.
Meanwhile, between September and April 29, 200 cases of attacks against applicants have been registered, he said in an interview. Paulina Creuheras, deputy director of Political Risk Analysis of Integralia Consultores.
He specified that this would give an average of one attack per day.
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DIRECT ATTACK
Regarding the attack against the man from Puebla, he said that it was a direct attack, since the alleged hitmen entered the house of one of his neighbors and asked about him.
He explained that the mother and daughter, who were beaten, narrated that the attackers “said that when (the PAN member) arrives we will receive him with a lead blow to the head.”
Meanwhile, his opponent for the governorship, Alejandro Armenta Mier, He expressed solidarity with Rivera Pérez for the attack; In contrast, the owner of the State Council of Morena, Andrés Villegas Mendozaassured that the PAN member is not the victim, but the citizens, due to his bad Government and the lack of security coordination of his management.
The national leaders of PAN, PRI and PRD cThey waved and demanded justice. “I strongly condemn the escalation of government violence against Eduardo Rivera (@eduardorivera01)”, the PAN leader, Marko Cortés, said on his social networks.
The PRD leader, Jesús Zambrano, demanded that the authorities punish those responsible and guarantee security in this electoral process.
While the PRI member, Alejandro Moreno, demanded an end to the insecurity and impunity that exists.
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ATTACKS IN CHIAPAS AND TULA
The flag bearer of Chiapas United with the mayor of Worthy of the Americas, Juan Gómez Morales, He suffered an attack this weekend from which he emerged unharmed, but his son and the standard bearer for fifth councilor, Mauro Hernández, died in the attack.
On the other hand, during the early hours of this Saturday, the home of the candidate for the municipal presidency of Tula, by the PRI, Alejandra Morán.
Aldo Muñoz, professor of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM), pointed out to this medium that the violence that affects electoral processes is related to the emergence of criminal groups, especially in small municipalities, because governments do not have the resources to protect their candidates.
This situation, he mentioned, affects entities such as the State of Mexico, Guerrero, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Chiapas and Veracruz, at least since 2000, although they are not exclusive.
He considered that those who engage in politics in these mayoralties have the worst scenario, because they are subject to the generators of violence approving their candidacies and telling them how to campaign, because if they do not pay attention to the consequences and this phenomenon affects parties and candidates of all the colors.
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2024-05-08 02:18:21