The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaumsaid Monday, May 12 that the murder from Yesenia Lara, candidate of the ruler National Regeneration Movement (Morena) To the municipal presidency of Texistepec, in Veracruz, the east of the country, while heading a proselytizing caravan.
“There is (the Secretary of Security) in coordination with the governor of the state of Veracruz (Rocío Nahle) and (are) investigations, ”said the president during her morning press conference.
He also said that until now “we do not know the mobile,” but said that on Monday he asked members of his cabinet to communicate with the governor and, if necessary, with the Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Veracruz “To be able to support everything that is required.”
According to local reports, the armed attack It happened on Sunday, May 11, when the candidate made a proselytizing caravan with hundreds of her supporters in the municipal seat of Texistepec.
On public roads, the attackers directly fired against them and their followers, leaving a balance of four deadamong them politics, as well as three injured.
Supporters who participated in the caravan They video various moments of the stroke And they were uploaded to social networks, which caused outrage among the population.
The Attorney General The State reported that a investigation folder was initiated by the murder of four people.
The governor of VeracruzRocio Nahle García, belonging to the ruling party, lamented the crime and promised to find those responsible.
This is the second candidate murdered in Veracruz During the campaign period that began on April 29.
Precisely at the start of the contest, it was murdered The candidate of Brunette to the City Hall of Coxquihui, Germán Anuar Valencia and six of his followers injured with a firearm.
Prior to the start of campaigns, at least 20 candidates They had denounced being threatened, so they asked authorities for police protection.
For the current electoral process of Veracruz12 thousand 142 candidates for mayors, unions and regidurías of six political parties were registered.
🚨🔔⚡🇲🇽 | President Claudia #Sheinbaum He declared that the murder of Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez, candidate of #Brunette to the mayor of #TexistepecVeracruz; “We still don’t know the mobile,” he said during his #Conferenciañanera. pic.twitter.com/uak6zwkzg0
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