New Mayor Gisela Mota Killed in Temixco One Day After She Took Office Maria Verza - The Canadian Press
go to original January 3, 2016

Mexico mayor killed less than a day after taking office (Al Jazeera)

Update: Mexico Mayor Shooting: Morelos Governor Takes Over Local Police (BBC)

The mayor of a city south of Mexico's capital was shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after taking office, officials said.

Gunmen burst into the house of Mayor Gisela Mota in the city of Temixco and killed her, said the government of Morelos state, where Temixco is located. Two presumed assailants were killed and two others detained, said Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez in the government statement.

Officials attributed her killing to organized crime.

Mota's leftist Democratic Revolution Party released a statement describing her as "a strong and brave woman who on taking office as mayor, declared that her fight against crime would be frontal and direct."

Temixco is a city of about 100,000 people neighbouring Cuernavaca, a resort and industrial city which has been suffering kidnappings and extortion linked to organized crime groups. Though Cuernavaca is the state capital of Morelos, Temixco is the seat of several state institutions including the Public Security Commission, which co-ordinates state and local police forces. Morelos also neighbours drug cartel-plagued Guerrero state.

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Related: Mexico Governor Will 'Not Relent' in Seeking Justice for Murdered Mayor (The Guardian)

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