Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt
- A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year.
- He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024.
- Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway.
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- A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year.
- He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024.
- Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway.
Sources: Guardian