Political violence is on the rise in Mexico: the Government recognizes the murder of 20 candidates

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Political violence is on the rise in Mexico: the Government recognizes the murder of 20 candidates

Political violence has erupted in Mexico, in the months preceding the general and federal elections taking place on June 2nd. And this week has hit the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Movement of National Regeneration (Morena). Its candidate for the mayorship of the city of Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato, was shot to death while staging a campaign rally in the company of women and children. Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez had cri…