Mexico Elections 2024 | Alfredo Cabrera Coyuca de Benitez: murder during the mayoral candidate campaign | Evelyn Salgado | AMLO | Latest | | the world

A candidate for mayor of the city Benitez’s Goyugain a southern Mexican state GuerreroGovernor Evelyn Salgado said Wednesday that the shooting was recorded on video.

A recording published by local media shows the moment someone approaches the applicant Alfredo Cabrera and shoots him in the back during a rally that ends his campaign.

Members of the paramilitary group are observed at the crime scene National GuardIt is not clear at this time if they monitored the event.

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“I strongly condemn the unfortunate events of the loss of the life of the Municipal President candidate of Goyuga de Benítez for the PRI, BAN, PRT coalition.“, said Evelyn Salgado In your X account.

The video shows Cabrera, wearing a red shirt and surrounded by supporters, being shot repeatedly, causing confusion and panic among those attending the rally.

As of Tuesday morning, the central government reported that 22 candidates had been murdered during the election process that began with the registration of candidates last September.

A few hours after that statement, an alternate candidate for mayor Quadla (Morelos, Center) Ricardo Arismendi He was murdered while a mayoral candidate Encarnación de Díaz (JaliscoWest), was wounded by gunfire in another attack.

The organization Data Cívica reports thirty murders of candidates in the campaign.

Governor Salgado asked the local prosecutor’s office to conduct proper investigations to find those responsible for Cabrera’s crime.

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For his part, the AT He has condemned the government GuerreroLed by the ruling party MorenaIt does not guarantee the security of candidates during campaigning.

“It is a shame that the Morena government did not make the slightest effort to guarantee the safety of the candidates and that this campaign ended in violence.”, the party also noted in X.

Conversion events for the presidency, Congress and more than 20,000 local offices were closed this Wednesday.