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Mexican mayor gunned down during Day of Dead celebrations

Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacan

A mayor in Mexico's western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said.

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Mexican mayor who took hard line against drug gangs shot and killed at Day of the Dead event

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Day Of The Dead Horror: Uruapan Mayor Gunned Down In Plaza Bloodbath

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Sheinbaum rules out changes in security strategy after the assassination of mayor in western Mexico

“Some are calling for militarization and war, as happened with the war on drugs. That didn’t work,” Sheinbaum said, affirming her focus on reinforcing the presence of security forces in Michoacan and ...

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Mexico's Sheinbaum Pledges Justice After Murder of Outspoken Anti-Crime Mayor

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Calls for justice after Mexico mayor killed during Day of the Dead festival

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Outspoken anti-crime mayor assassinated in Uruapan, Michoacán’s second-largest city

The mayor of Uruapan was assassinated on Saturday night during a Day of the Dead event in the city's main square.

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Assassination of firebrand mayor sparks outrage in Mexico

It was a little over a month ago that a cowboy hat-wearing Carlos Alberto Manzo called on residents of Michoacan, Mexico, to take up arms against drug traffickers

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Mayor’s murder triggers protests in Michoacán and a US offer of ‘security cooperation’ against organized crime

The murder of the mayor of Uruapan on Saturday night triggered protests in that city in Michoacán as well as state capital Morelia.

Families gather across Mexico for Day of the Dead

Families in a small town in western Mexico kept an all-night vigil at a candlelit cemetery, waiting for the souls of their loved ones to return during the Day of the Dead.