Gunmen kill mayor in western Mexico, wound another
In Michoacan, state police say Jose Misael Gonzalez, mayor of the town of Coalcoman, was shot in the shoulder early yesterday. He was in stable condition.
In this Oct. 17, 2017 photo, police block access to a closed section of pedestrian Genova Street, where an 11-story building was heavily damaged in the Sept. 19 earthquake, in the Zona Rosa neighborhood of Mexico City. Local businesses are calling for quick demolition of the damaged building at Genova 33 and the reopening of the block to allow business to return to the busy commercial and tourist district. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Gunmen in Mexico have killed a mayor in the western state of Colima and wounded another in the neighbouring state of Michoacan. The Colima state prosecutors’ office says Mayor Crispin Gutierrez Moreno of the town of Ixtlahuacan was shot dead yesterday as he drove on a highway. In Michoacan, state police say Jose Misael Gonzalez, mayor of the town of Coalcoman, was shot in the shoulder early yesterday. He was in stable condition.
Gonzalez participated in a 2013 vigilante movement that largely kicked the Knights Templar drug cartel out of the state. Dozens of mayors have been shot to death in Mexico in recent years, often by drug gangs or corrupt police.
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