A mayor in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, who was a member of the ruling Morena party, has been shot de.ad.
He was shot de.ad on Sunday alongside three other people, local authorities have said.
Jesus Eduardo Franco, mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality, and the three other victims were all found de.ad inside a vehicle, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
“We deeply regret the de.ath of our colleague Eduardo Franco, municipal president of Tancanhuitz,” Morena party president Rita Rodriguez wrote on X.
“We ask authorities to reach the ultimate consequences and find those responsible,” she added.
Dozens of local officials have been targeted in organized 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.
AFP
