Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt

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Valentín Lavín Romero is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in 2024

A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year. He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024.

Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway.

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