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THE left candidate for mayor of a violence-plagued Mexican city has been killed just as she began campaigning.
Two sources in the north-central state of Guanajuato said that Bertha Gaytan had been shot dead on Monday on a street in a town just outside the city of Celaya.
Video footage of the scene posted on social media showed a small procession of people shouting “Morena!” — the name of Ms Gaytan’s party. At that moment, several shots are heard and people are seen running and falling down.
DAVID RABY explains the background of the recent upheavals in Mexico
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY