At least 18 people, including the mayor of a municipality, died in an armed attack this Wednesday in Totolapan, in the state of Guerrero (south), in Mexico, according to a judicial source.
The leftist mayor of this municipality of approximately 4,300 inhabitants, Conrado Mendoza, is one of the victims of this attack launched in broad daylight in this area of the country plagued by numerous violence linked to drug trafficking.
His father, who was mayor several years ago, is also among the victims, according to police sources.
94 mayors assassinated since 2000
Two people were also injured in the attack, prosecutor Sandra Luz Valdovinos told Milenio television without further details. But according to the Mexican press, it is the work of drug traffickers from the state of Jalisco (west), allies of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel.
Some 94 mayors have already been assassinated in Mexico since 2000, according to the Etellekt organization. Almost 340,000 people have died violently since 2006 in Mexico, when the government deployed the army to fight drug cartels.
Source: BFM TV
