US EditionMexican Mayor Killed in Armed Attack in Michoacán Amid Ongoing Violence Against Public Officials
- Salvador Bastida Garcia, mayor of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, was fatally shot on Friday while traveling to the town's main square.
- His killing followed a November 2024 investigation accusing him and municipal officials of holding regular, consensual meetings with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- Bastida Garcia, elected in September 2024 for a second term and formerly a PRI member, was under federal probe for allegedly granting CJNG influence over contracts and police protection.
- Between the beginning of January and the end of March 2025, more than 50 public officials across the country lost their lives amid escalating political violence associated with organized crime.
- The mayor's bodyguard, Pastor Cortés, died at the scene, highlighting ongoing risks faced by public officials in Mexico.
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Salvador Bastida García, mayor of the municipality of Tacambaro, Michoacán, was murdered along with his escort when he arrived at his home
Salvador Bastida, Mayor of Tacambaro, Michoacan, was shot dead along with one of his escorts, the Attorney General’s Office reported. Edil, known as “Chavo Bastida”, was attacked shortly before midnight this Thursday when he arrived at his home and although he was taken to the hospital, he died of gunshot wounds. Pastor Cortez Álvarez, the policeman who served as his bodyguard, died the site of the aggression, in the Colony Centro de Tacambaro. …
Salvador Bastida García and Pastor Cortés Álvarez were gunned down when they arrived at the municipal president’s house last Thursday night. Michoacán’s Prosecutor’s Office confirms a preliminary line of investigation into a third person involved in the murder of the mayor of Tacambaro, Salvador Bastida García, and his escort.
An elected mayor linked to the alleged murder of a candidate and an elected mayor marked by pain, political violence and the demand for justice, is as can be summarized the result of the municipal elections in Coxquihui and Texistentipec. In both municipalities, the candidate and the candidate for mayor by the Morena-PVEM alliance were murdered in full political campaigns, the clearest examples to affirm that the 2025 elections to renew the 212 …
The Tacambaro edil had an investigation kit for alleged links with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel. By Juan Ricardo Montoya This Friday morning, June 6, Salvador Bastida García, municipal president of Tacambaro, Michoacan, emanating from the Labor Party (PT), was shot and shot with one of his escorts, while they were circulating on board a white Ford pickup truck through the streets of the historic center of the municipal head office.
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