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List of politicians killed during Mexican elections

The following is a list of assassinations of political candidates which took place in Mexico during its election cycles.

2024 elections edit

Main articles: 2024 Mexican general election and 2024 Mexican local elections
Name Political party Date Position Notes
Javier Torres Barrera   PAN 13 July 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla Armed assailants kidnapped and killed Torres.[1]
Wilman Monje Morales   MORENA 11 October 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz Former mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora (2018–2021) as a member of Citizens' Movement. Ambushed and shot after dropping off his son at Colegio México near the Gutiérrez Zamora Municipal Palace.[2]
Alejandro Lanuza Hernández   PAN 11 October 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato Regidor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Had previously been kidnapped while his sister was mayor (2018–2021). Killed while walking near his residence at 9:00 am.[3]
Miguel Ángel Cruz Robles   MORENA 26 October 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Villa del Carbón, State of Mexico While driving on the Jilotepec–Villa del Carbón highway, Cruz was fatally shot by armed assailants.[4]
Dagoberto García Rivera   MORENA 4 November 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán García Rivera was reported missing on 19 October; his body was found in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, with signs of bullet wounds on 31 October and identified on 4 November.[5]
Jaime Dámaso Solís   PAN 24 November 2023 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Zitala, Guerrero Former regidor of Zitala, Guerrero. Fatally shot outside his residence in the municipality at 8:00am.[6]
Ricardo Taja Ramírez   MORENA 21 December 2023 Aspiring candidate for federal deputy Local deputy of Guerrero (2012–2015) and federal deputy (2015–2018) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fatally shot in Acapulco.[7]
Giovanni Lezama Barrera   PAN 4 January 2024 Precandidate for local deputy of Morelos Regidor of Cuautla, Morelos. Fatally shot in a gym in the municipality.[8]
David Rey González Moreno   PRI 5 January 2024 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas Armed assailants shot González Moreno while he was on a motorcycle near the Guatemala–Mexico border. Four gunshot wounds were found on his body.[9]
Sergio Hueso   MC 5 January 2024 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Armería, Colima While driving, his vehicle was intercepted by armed assailants and was shot multiple times.[10]
Miriam Nohemí Ríos Ríos   MC 11 January 2024 Municipal commissioner of Citizens' Movement in Jacona, Michoacán, and aspiring candidate for regidora Trans woman and activist who was a candidate for regidora in 2021. She was shot by armed assailants while working at a clothing store.[11]
Samantha Gomes Fonseca   MORENA 14 January 2024 Precandidate for senator representing Mexico City Trans woman who was shot by armed assailants while riding a DiDi taxi.[12]
Marcelino Ruiz Esteban   PRD 24 January 2024 Aspiring candidate for mayor of Atlixtac, Guerrero While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Ruiz Esteban and his wife, Guadalupe Guzmán Cano, were fatally shot by armed assailants.[13]
Guadalupe Guzmán Cano   PRD 24 January 2024 PRD state advisor of Guerrero While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Guzmán Cano and her husband, Marcelino Ruiz Esteban, were fatally shot by armed assailants.[13]
José Alejandro Naredo García   PRD 27 January 2024 PRD municipal leader of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz Killed by armed assailants in Cuitláhuac, Veracruz.[14]
Jaime Vera Alanís   PVEM 1 February 2024 Precandidate for mayor of Mascota, Jalisco While exiting a laundromat in Zapopan, Vera Alanís was approached by two assailants dressed in black. One greeted him and then shot him three times.[15]
Juan Pérez Guardado N/A 7 February 2024 Secretary of Social Development in Fresnillo, Zacatecas Brother-in-law of senator Ricardo Monreal. Fatally shot by armed assailants near the Real de Minas hospital in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.[16]
Yair Martín Romero Segura   MORENA 10 February 2024 Precandidate for federal deputy Romero Segura and his brother were fatally shot in Ecatepec.[17]
Miguel Ángel Zavala Reyes   MORENA 26 February 2024 Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán Two armed assailants shot Zavala Reyes at point blank-range while he was in his vehicle outside the clinic he worked at. The assailants fled in a car.[18]
Armando Pérez Luna   PAN 26 February 2024 Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán Pérez Luna was found dead with gunshot wounds in his car.[18]
Alfredo González Díaz   PT 3 March 2024 Candidate for mayor of Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero While driving, González Díaz was fatally shot by armed assailants.[19]
Tomás Morales Patrón   MORENA 12 March 2024 Candidate for mayor of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero While getting off his car outside of his house, Morales Patrón was fatally shot by an armed assailant.[20]
Diego Pérez Méndez   PRI 14 March 2024 Precandidate for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas Pérez Méndez's body was found in Chamula, Chiapas. His wife and son were found wounded in the same location.[21]
Humberto Amezcua   PRI 15 March 2024 Mayor of Pihuamo, Jalisco, seeking reelection While in his car, Amezcua was ambushed and shot by armed assailants.[22]
Joaquín Martínez López   PVEM 19 March 2024 Mayor of Chahuites, Oaxaca, seeking reelection Martínez López was shot by armed assailants while in front of his house. Second consecutive time that the incumbent mayor of Chahuites is assassinated.[23]
Jaime González Pérez   MORENA 23 March 2024 Precandidate for mayor of Acatzingo, Puebla González Pérez was shot by two armed assailants while he was with his children on a car sales lot he owned. The assailants fled on motorcycles.[24]
Gisela Gaytán   MORENA 1 April 2024 Candidate for mayor of Celaya, Guanajuato At her first campaign rally in San Miguel Octopan [es], Gaytán was shot dead in broad daylight.[25]
Julián Bautista Gómez   PRI 9 April 2024 Former mayor of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas, seeking reelection. While driving his tractor on his way to work, armed assailants attacked and killed Bautista Gómez.[26]
Noé Ramos Ferretiz   PAN 19 April 2024 Mayor of El Mante, Tamaulipas, seeking reelection Ramos Ferretiz was fatally stabbed by several assailants during a campaign event in Col. Azucarera, Ciudad Mante.[27]
Alberto Antonio García   MORENA 19 April 2024 Incumbent municipal treasurer of San José Independencia, Oaxaca, and mayoral candidate for the same municipality Antonio García and his wife, the incumbent mayor of San José Independencia, were abducted on 17 April. The two were found stranded on an island in a local reservoir on 19 April; his wife survived the kidnapping, but Antonio García had been beaten to death.[28]

References edit

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