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Mexico: 2 More Political Candidates Assassinated in Lead-Up to Presidential Election

HeadlineJun 26, 2018

In Mexico, at least two more political candidates have been assassinated in the lead-up to Sunday’s presidential election. Over the last week, mayoral candidates Omar Gómez Lucatero and Fernando Ángeles Juárez were both assassinated in the state of Michoacán. Telesur reports at least 121 politicians have been murdered since September, making this election cycle the bloodiest in recent Mexican history.

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