Mexican mayor killed day proper after Sheinbaum presidential earn: Michoacan situation authorities

The mayor of a metropolis in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional authorities acknowledged, scarcely 24 hrs instantly after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American nation’s initially girl president.

The Michoacan level out authorities condemned “the homicide of the municipal president (mayor) of Cotija, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, the regional inside ministry acknowledged in a submit on the social media platform X.

The homicide of the woman mayor arrives after Sheinbaum’s landslide victory injected hope for enhance in a spot riven by rampant gender-based largely violence.

Sanchez, who was elected mayor in 2021 elections, was gunned down on a neighborhood avenue, in accordance to regional media.

Authorities haven’t provided info on the homicide, however talked about a safety operation skilled been launched to arrest the killers.

The politician was beforehand kidnapped in September final yr although leaving a buying shopping center within the city of Guadalajara within the situation of Jalisco, which neighbours Michoacan.

Just a few days afterward the federal governing administration defined she skilled been recognized alive.

In accordance to neighborhood media evaluations on the time, the abductors belonged to the highly effective Jalisco Cartel – New Period (CJNG), who allegedly threatened the mayor for opposing the authorized group’s takeover of her municipality’s police stress.

Michoacan is famend for its vacationer locations and a thriving agro-export market, however can be simply some of the violent states within the state due to the presence of extortion and drug trafficking gangs.