In the Mexican state of Michoacán, gunmen killed Yolanda Sanchez, head of the municipality of Cotija. According to "Armenpress", the BBC reports about this. Yolanda Sanchez held office in Kotikha from 2021. she was the first woman elected to that position. Gunmen ambushed Sanchez and shot him 19 times. He died in hospital shortly after the attack. His bodyguard was also killed. On June 2, local election candidate Quitseo Israel Delgado was killed in the same state a few hours before voting began. BBC reports that no arrests have been made since Sanchez's murder, but gunmen are believed to have been involved. are members of an organized crime group. The State Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation. He was kidnapped in Guadalajara in September but released three days later. Yolanda Sanchez said that she did not know the members of the criminal group that kidnapped her, but local media reported that they most likely belonged to the Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) cartel. On June 2, general elections were held in Mexico. The two candidates fighting for the post of president were women. According to the preliminary results of the elections, Claudia Sheinbaum won, who became the first female president of Mexico. In addition to the president, Mexicans also elected 20,000 officials, including members of both houses of Congress, several state leaders, and local governments. The official results of the elections will be published after the final counting of votes, which will last until June 8. The election campaign in the country was marked by the highest level of violence. in 2023 Since September, according to the Laboratorio Electoral Research Center, 83 people have been killed in Mexico in connection with electoral processes. 34 of them were candidates for positions in various local bodies.
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