(MENAFN- Morocco World News) ;">ByFatima Drar
Rabat – The 33 year old new mayor of Temixco Morelos state in Mexico Gisela Mota was gunned down in her home on Saturday just one day after she was elected. The mourning was held today January 4 in Temixco. According to Euro news the victim was murdered by four gunmen. Two of them were arrested and the other two were killed. Ms. Mota was a former member of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party and a federal congresswoman. Her party released a statement that describes her as “a strong and brave woman who on taking office as mayor declared that her fight against crime would be frontal and direct.” It is still not clear why she was assassinated. Drug cartels who are looking to control different places in Mexico have often targeted mayors and officials. Graco Ramirez Morelos governor did not mention which drug cartel or gang is responsible for the killing and he attributed Mota’s killing to organized crime. A large number of mourners were present this morning and three official days of mourning were declared by the state governor and a flag was held at half-mast in Morelos Mexico.
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