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.
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.
Almost 100 mayors have been murdered in Mexico since 2006, when drug-related violence surged, official figures show.
Criminal gangs often conduct attacks against local officials in Mexico, especially in areas where cartels fight for territory.
Mexico has faced years of escalating violence since the government launched an offensive against drug cartels in 2006.
Nearly 500,000 people have been killed and around 130,000 have disappeared since then, government data shows. »