In a tragic incident, Jesus Eduardo Franco, the mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosí state, was shot dead on Sunday. Franco, a member of the ruling Morena party, was killed alongside three other individuals.
Local authorities reported that the bodies of Franco and the other victims were discovered inside a vehicle. The state prosecutor’s office is investigating the killings, which have shocked the region.
“We deeply regret the death of our colleague Eduardo Franco, municipal president of Tancanhuitz,” Morena party president Rita Rodriguez wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“We ask authorities to reach the ultimate consequences and find those responsible,” she added.
Dozens of local officials have been targeted in organised crime-related violence that has plagued Mexico in recent years.
Local media reported last month that Alejandro Arcos, a mayor in southern Guerrero state, was decapitated less than a week after taking office and his head placed on top of a pickup truck.
More than 450,000 people have been murdered and thousands have gone missing since the Mexican government deployed the army to combat drug trafficking in 2006, according to official figures.
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