In Mexico, a mayoral candidate and four of her supporters were killed Sunday when shots rang out at a campaign rally in the eastern state of Veracruz. Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez was running for mayor of Texistepec in Mexico’s June 1 election as a member of the Morena party. Witnesses reported hearing about 20 gunshots.

Rosalba: “A very cruel injustice, right? Texistepec used to be peaceful. Now look at the result. So much injustice, so many killings.”

Sunday’s assassination came just two days after masked gunmen shot and killed Cecilia Ruvalcaba, a municipal councilwoman in Jalisco. Last year, political violence in Mexico surged to an all-time high, with human rights groups reporting 661 attacks on people and facilities.