AMLO calls on local authorities to protect candidates, following Morena's request for federal protection

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The federal government will support States to protect candidates for local positions

The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has reported that the federal government will collaborate in providing protection to candidates for local elected office at risk, following the assassination of Gisela Gaytán, Morena's candidate for mayor of Celaya (Guanajuato), last Monday. The president has specified that the Federation will not fully assume the task, but that there will be coordination with state and municipal authorities. “…