State prosecutors have opened an investigation after a mayor was shot dead in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, local authorities said Saturday.
Jose Angel Bravo Martinez, the mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, died after being shot in an attack in the state's Mixteca region, officials said.
Organized criminal groups, including the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, also known as the CJNG, and the Sinaloa Cartel, are active in Oaxaca, which borders the Pacific Ocean.
"In Oaxaca, we will not allow violence to prevail over the law or over the will of our communities," state Governor Salomon Jara said in a post on X.
What do we know about the murder of the mayor in Oaxaca state?
