Update: Mexico mayor shot one day after taking office

[Lion Heart 15,041]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of a city south of Mexico's capital was shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after taking office, officials said.

Gunmen opened fire on Mayor Gisela Mota at her house in the city of Temixco, said the government of Morelos state, where Temixco is located. Two presumed assailants were killed and three others detained following a pursuit, said Morelos security commissioner Jesus Alberto Capella. He said the suspects fired on federal police and soldiers from a vehicle.

On his Twitter account, Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez attributed Mota's killing to organized crime, without citing a particular drug cartel or gang. Cartels seeking to control communities and towns have often targeted local officials and mayors in Mexico.

Mota's leftist Democratic Revolution Party released a statement describing her as "a strong and brave woman who on taking office as mayor, declared that her fight against crime would be frontal and direct."

Temixco is a city of about 100,000 people neighboring Cuernavaca, a resort and industrial city which has been suffering kidnappings and extortion linked to organized crime groups. Though Cuernavaca is the capital of Morelos, Temixco is the seat of several state institutions including the Public Security Commission, which coordinates state and local police forces. Morelos also neighbors drug cartel-plagued Guerrero state.

Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-mayor-slain-day-taking-office-204616667.html

UPDATE: https://theintercept.com/2016/01/04/assassins-were-paid-less-than-30000-to-kill-mexican-mayor/

 

[Kermit 15,807]

On a serious note, I am really sorry to hear this, it's a shame what guns are doing to the world nowadays.

[RainingOnMe 7,280]

6 minutes ago, DominicB said:

Tragic

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Oh My God

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I was just on my way to Taco Bell too

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This isn't funny.

 

[Mister Gaga 23,216]

This is what drug trafficking does. **** this sh¡t. As 'comic' as that sounds, there are mothers that lose their children, and viceversa, in that horrible bussines 

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

my country slays 

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

15 minutes ago, Mister Gaga said:

This is what drug trafficking does. **** this ****. As 'comic' as that sounds, there are mothers that lose their children, and viceversa, in that horrible bussines 

yeah but then you've got USA, a country that has A LOT of drug traffic happening and you don't see this type of **** over there 

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

That's why I will never involve myself in politics. I could put not only my life into danger but also my love one's.

My condolences to the family of the x-mayor.

[DrewStevens 5,249]

2 minutes ago, Ferrer Zorola said:

yeah but then you've got USA, a country that has A LOT of drug traffic happening and you don't see this type of **** over there 

Well that's because the US is the market while Mexico is mostly the trading area. 

[Kabexuela 1,184]

Someone teach me how to over use gifs for attention.  No, seriously..

[AddMeOnMYSPACE 2,097]

 idk how i feel about this...

[Bad Bromance 5,809]

15 minutes ago, Ferrer Zorola said:

yeah but then you've got USA, a country that has A LOT of drug traffic happening and you don't see this type of **** over there 

Trust me, we have that kind of violence here, too.  The only difference is that it doesn't happen at the same level that you see it in Mexico but there are so many shootings in the U.S. it's not even funny.  For example, I live in Chicago and our city is so violent that they made a movie called Chiraq to raise awareness to the fact that it like a battle zone in our toughest neighborhoods, just like in Iraq.  Hence the name, Chiraq.  

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

15 minutes ago, Bad Bromance said:

Trust me, we have that kind of violence here, too.  The only difference is that it doesn't happen at the same level that you see it in Mexico but there are so many shootings in the U.S. it's not even funny.  For example, I live in Chicago and our city is so violent that they made a movie called Chiraq to raise awareness to the fact that it like a battle zone in our toughest neighborhoods, just like in Iraq.  Hence the name, Chiraq.  

if people compare Chicago to Iraq then I don't know what to compare Mexico to  

[Ferrer Zorola 3,966]

cannabis should be legal here (that's coming from someone who doesn't even consume it)
at least murders would decrease a bit 

[DrewStevens 5,249]

7 minutes ago, Bad Bromance said:

Trust me, we have that kind of violence here, too.  The only difference is that it doesn't happen at the same level that you see it in Mexico but there are so many shootings in the U.S. it's not even funny.  For example, I live in Chicago and our city is so violent that they made a movie called Chiraq to raise awareness to the fact that it like a battle zone in our toughest neighborhoods, just like in Iraq.  Hence the name, Chiraq.  

That's a big and considerable difference.

The intentional homicide rate in Mexico is almost 6 times higher than in the US. Mexico is the country with the most kidnappings pear year and most kidnappings are unreported because police fears these criminals. Also Mexico's rates of missing and murdered women are higher than any other country that's not involved in a war. 

Chicago is no way near to be as dangerous as some cities in Mexico like Acapulco, Culiacan and Ciudad Juarez wich are considered some of the most dangerous cities around the world.

[FlopSlut 1,190]

oh no