COATZACOALCOS, Mexico: A mayoral candidate was shot dead on Sunday at a campaign event in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the state governor said.
Yesenia Lara, the candidate of President Claudia Sheinbaum´s Morena party for mayor of Texistepec, was identified by local media as the slain politician. Footage posted online shows people running and screaming as gunshots ring out at a procession of motorcycles and supporters carrying Morena flags.