Mexican politician Jose Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos was assassinated.
A man was shot dead while closing his election campaign.
The fact is that Barrientos was a candidate for mayor of one of the cities in Mexico.
The politician applied for the post of head of the municipality of Coyuca de Benitez.
Details of the murder of a politician
The tragedy occurred in the Las Lomas community.
A rally was held, during which the politician communicated with local residents.
At some point, a man with a gun approached Barrentos. He shot at the mayoral candidate.
At least 16 shots were fired.
Obit candidate from the alliance PRI-PAN-PRD, – MIA quotes from a message published by one of the Mexican media.
Situation in Mexico
It is worth emphasizing that the death of Jose Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos is not the first case of murder in Mexico of a person whose activities are connected with politics.
It is known that over the past year in the Latin American country, 34 people who applied for certain elected positions were killed.
Previously Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka.
