Mayor Of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca Assassinated

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The Mayor of Tlaxiaco, Alejandro Aparicio, died after being attacked on Tuesday following his swearing-in as Mayor.

This was confirmed by the Senator for Morena, Salomón Jara Cruz, through his Twitter account."I mourn the death of our colleague and friend Mayor Alejandro Aparicio, I demand that the mastermind or masterminds of this cowardly murder be investigated and brought immediately to justice as well as the perpetrator. #Tlaxiaco," he said.

According to the first reports, it was two individuals who assaulted members of the town council while they were going to the offices of the Drinking Water and Sewerage System of Tlaxiaco (SAPAT), an hour and a half after the swearing-in of Aparicio in this municipality of the Mixteca.

The attack occurred at the height of the Oriente bypass, in Tlaxiaco. Preliminary reports say that Mayor Aparicio, the Administrator Perfecto Hernández and the council member Cleotilde Santos, as well as three other unidentified persons, were injured. Authorities of the General Secretariat of Government (Segego) said that the Mayor was transferred to the IMSS hospital in the City of Oaxaca. An individual was arrested to investigate his alleged role in the attack.