mayor-elect of a small town in Oaxaca state has been slain, police have said, on the heels of 11 murders of mayors in Mexico so far this year.
Antonio Jimenez, who was about to take over the mayor's post in Martires de Tacubaya, a town of 1,200, was murdered Friday on his way home from working in the country. There was no motive or suspect immediately known, police said.
Jimenez, 47, was a teacher and member of the center-left Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Authorities have blamed the murders of the other mayors on organized crime and drug gangs.
Violence has spiraled across the country since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on organized crime gangs, involving some 50,000 troops, in 2006.
Antonio Jimenez, who was about to take over the mayor's post in Martires de Tacubaya, a town of 1,200, was murdered Friday on his way home from working in the country. There was no motive or suspect immediately known, police said.
Jimenez, 47, was a teacher and member of the center-left Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Authorities have blamed the murders of the other mayors on organized crime and drug gangs.
Violence has spiraled across the country since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on organized crime gangs, involving some 50,000 troops, in 2006.
