Mayor who survived assassination attempt shot dead in town hall
Mayor Valentin Lavin, who was allied to President Claudia Sheinbaum's leftist party, had already survived an armed attack in January, according to local media reports.
A local mayor in central Mexico was shot dead in a town hall, authorities reported Wednesday, after the politician had survived a previous assassination attempt.
The town of Temoac is located in the state of Morelos, a region close to Mexico City where several drug cartels are active.
Forensic experts and police officers located his dead body inside local government facilities, the state prosecutor's office said.
An operation to arrest those responsible for the crime was underway, it added in a statement.
Almost 100 mayors have been murdered in Mexico since 2006, when drug-related violence surged, official figures show. Since the current government took office in October 2024, 14 mayors have been murdered in Mexico, three in 2026, Uno TV reported this week .