{"id":1617,"date":"2022-03-11T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/mayor-shot-dead-in-mexico-drug-war-flashpoint-as-governor-vows-to-punish-those-responsible\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:30:14","slug":"mayor-shot-dead-in-mexico-drug-war-flashpoint-as-governor-vows-to-punish-those-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/world-news\/1617\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor shot dead in Mexico drug war flashpoint as governor vows to “punish those responsible”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gunmen have killed the mayor of a city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Thursday, which was rocked by a deadly war between rival drug cartels, authorities said. Elsewhere in the avocado-producing area, clashes between suspected gang members left many dead, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Aguililla Mayor Cesar Valencia was shot by unknown assailants as he was traveling in a town hall vehicle near a football stadium in the city, military personnel sent to the scene told AFP. According to the military, he suffered at least two gunshot wounds to the chest and neck.<\/p>\n

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“We unequivocally condemn the murder” wrote on Twitter Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla<\/a>governor of Michoac\u03ac\u03bdn, where cartels are at war over drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

“I have issued instructions for a thorough investigation of the facts … and punishment of those responsible,” he added.<\/p>\n

Mexican mayors and other local politicians are often the victims of multibillion-dollar violence linked to corruption and the drug trade.<\/p>\n

Aguililla is his birthplace Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera<\/span>, head of the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel. The Ministry of Justice considers the Jalisco cartel “one of the five most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world.” <\/p>\n

Oseguera, 55, is one of the most wanted fugitives in the United States, with a $ 10 million bounty on his head.<\/p>\n

“It’s the number one priority for the DEA and, frankly, for federal law enforcement in the United States,” said Matthew Donahue, DEA’s top agent in Mexico. he told CBS News<\/span>. “It has a huge amount of weapons, RPGs, 50 caliber weapons. It basically has its own SWAT teams.”<\/p>\n

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