A mayor from Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, who was a member of the ruling Morena party, was shot dead on Sunday, along with three others, according to local officials.
The mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality, Jesus Eduardo Franco, and the three other victims were discovered dead inside a vehicle, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
”We deeply regret the death of our colleague Eduardo Franco, municipal president of Tancanhuitz,” Morena party president Rita Rodriguez wrote on X.
“We ask authorities to reach the ultimate consequences and find those responsible,” she added.
Dozens of local officials have been targeted in the recent wave of organised crime-related violence in Mexico.
Last month, local media reported that Alejandro Arcos, mayor of southern Guerrero state, was decapitated and his head placed on top of a pickup vehicle less than a week after entering office.
According to official data, more than 450,000 people have been murdered and others have gone missing since 2006, when the Mexican government ordered the army to combat drug trafficking.
