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Mexico: 34 candidates assassinated since the start of the election campaign on Sunday June 2
Mexico: 34 candidates assassinated since the start of the election campaign on Sunday June 2
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Sunday June 2, Mexico will elect its next President of the Republic. Two candidates are leading in the polls. Mexicans are also called to elect their deputies and their mayor after a campaign marked by unprecedented violence. At least 34 candidates have been assassinated in nine months.
In Mexico, the date of the presidential election, which is being held on Sunday June 2, is approaching. Mexicans will elect their next President of the Republic: two candidates are leading the polls. But the race for the election, also marked by local elections, is fraught with pitfalls and dangerous. 34 candidates were assassinated. In Coyuca de Benitez, Mexico, it is the last day of the campaign. Wednesday, May 29, a candidate was about to go on the platform when a man appeared behind him and coldly killed him with a series of shots in the head. The murder weapon was found at the scene next to the body of the deceased. The killer was neutralized by security.
In recent months, dozens of candidates for local or national elections have also been eliminated by drug cartels. This campaign is already considered the most violent in Mexican history. In a neighborhood of Mexico City, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, candidate for mayor, is now placed under police escort. A week ago, she escaped an assassination attempt. “I was panicked, horrified, I told myself that he was going to finish me, that he wanted me dead,” she says.
