What started as a celebration collection soon became a terrorist scene in the Mexican state of Veracrose: Last Sunday night (11), Mayor Yisa Lara Guterres was killed by three others.
Live broadcast on Facebook. Live Gutiérrez showed the greeting of the residents walking in the streets of Texistepec, surrounded by a convoy of supporters.
The crowd was seen smiling and singing, until the shots were heard suddenly off the cameras, the applause drowned. About 20 shots were heard in the video, which was still available on the Lara page on Facebook the next day.
To the Mexican President, Claudia ShinbomThe attack confirmed during a morning press conference on Monday, but he said he had no information on the case’s motive yet.
Shinbom added that the government is coordinating with the state authorities in Veracruz and offered federal support if necessary, including contact with the state prosecutor.
The president said, referring to the next June 1 elections in each of the two states: “We are coordinators, especially with the Security Secretariat, and with all the necessary support during this election period from Veracruz and Durano.”
The situation in the case and the promise of justice
The mayor’s candidate was part of the Maurina party, which President Shinbaum was part of, and he is among the four people who were killed in the shooting, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
Three other people were injured, and the authorities opened a promising investigation.
The governor of Ferkrose, Rossio Nae, said at X.
There is no position or position that deserves a person’s life.
We will find those responsible for this cowardly murder of the candidate and supporters of Mourina at Texistepec; 4 people were killed and 3 injuries.
I commanded FGE_VERACRUZ Now security does not stop even finding it.– Rocío Nahle (Rocionahle) May 12, 2025
A CNN I contacted the Maurina party, the public prosecutor and the Texistepec City Council for more information.
Other attacks on the candidates in Mexico
Attacks on political candidates It is common during election campaigns in Mexico.
Last year, the country scored a record number of victims of political and ferocious violence, with civil history, a human rights organization, as it reported 661 attacks on people and facilities. Many of the victims occupied or competed in municipal positions.
In May 2024, municipal candidate Alfredo Kapreira was killed during a campaign station in Guerrero, in the south of the country, in a video.
A few days later, Yolanda Sanchez Vikiwa, mayor of Kotija, in the state of Michocan, He was shot dead While he was walking from the gym at home with his goalkeeper.
Indeed, in October, Alejandro Arkos Catalan, the mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero, was killed less than a week after assuming his position.
