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Mexico investigates murder of mayor of town in Oaxaca state
Prosecutors said the killing is being treated as a high-impact crime, and federal and state forces were deployed to track down the attackers.
- On Saturday, San Miguel Amatitlan Mayor Jose Angel Bravo Martinez was shot and killed in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, prompting state authorities to open a formal investigation into the high-impact crime.
- Organized crime groups often wield influence in rural areas of Mexico, and authorities noted the region remains active with drug cartels that influence local politics through violence.
- State investigators and forensic teams were dispatched to the scene shortly after the attack to process evidence and recover the body, coordinating with federal security officials to hunt those responsible.
- Mario Hernandez Garcia, the mayor of Santiago Amoltepec, was murdered last month in an attack that also left two other people dead, illustrating violence against local officials in Oaxaca.
- Data from the non-governmental organization Causa en Comun indicates at least 60 politicians or lawmakers died in targeted killings last year, reflecting the broader risks facing local leaders in Mexico.
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Joel Bravo, mayor of the small town of San Miguel Amatitlán in the southern state of Oaxaca, is dead.
An armed attack claimed the life of Joel Angel Bravo Martinez - Nearly 100 mayors have been murdered in Mexico since 2006
In the host country Mexico, a mayor in the southern state of Oaxaca has been shot. Joel Bravo, the mayor of the small town of San Miguel Amatitlán in the southern state of Oaxaca, was killed in an armed attack, the prosecutor informed. She did not provide any details. In the region, drug cartels provide a bitter fight for the smuggling routes. In Oaxaca, the cartels Jalisco Nueva Generación and Sinaloa are active. "Do not allow violence to preva…
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