By The opinion
17 Oct 2023, 2:32 PM EDT
It was early morning, everyone was asleep and tranquility was present in the municipality of Benito Juárez, Guerrero, but the sound of gunshots woke up and put more than one on alert. The shots came from the mayor’s house Glafira Meraza Prudentebut not from the inside, but from the outside because hitmen were shooting at his house.
There were two criminals on board a motorcycle who attacked the house of the municipal president, the above was recorded on video by video surveillance cameras from the place, and the recordings were shared on social networks where they quickly went viral.
In the images you can see a completely deserted street, suddenly a motorcycle with two men on board arrives and the one who is the co-pilot begins to shoot at the mayor’s home on several occasions, the driver does not stop, he just drives slowly. , once they raid the site they escape.
According to the Reporte Índigo portal, The shots were fired with a high caliber rifle., an AR-14. For his part, journalist Antonio Nieto reported that the official’s bodyguards responded to the attacks. No injuries have been reported as a result of the attempted attack. Around 20 shell casings were found at the site.
Before this attack occurred, the mayor had not received any threats, so the reasons for the attack are unknown or if a criminal group was behind it; the authorities are investigating the incident.
Mayors at risk
Guerrero is one of the Mexican states most affected by organized crime, so violence is present on many occasions. In addition, several mayors have suffered attacks or even died in attacks.
In October 2022, a massacre in San Miguel Totolapan claimed the lives of 20 people, including the municipal president, Conrad Mendozaand his father, who had also served as mayor of the same place.
Many of the municipal presidents stay out of organized crime disputes, but the strategy sometimes does not work, as some criminal groups decide to assassinate them if they do not adhere to them and their requests, thus several have been murdered, others attacked even when They are candidates for office.
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