Chilón, Chiapas: Morena Candidate Pedro Guieterrez Immolated

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Video translation is as follows:

Female: Good evening, Ciro. We begin this broadcast with strong images. Another violent event has transpired, this time in Chiapas. This morning, Morena's candidate for mayor of Chilón, Chiapas, Pedro Guieterrez, was shot to death.

This man was a municipal judge. According to his widow, he was very critical of the current Chilón administration led by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) politician Carlos Jiménez. He was very vocal about him being linked to acts of corruption.

The candidate Pedro Guieterrez was traveling with a male occupant and his eight-year-old son, who also died. His wife was just as well traveling with them but she managed to escape. After the attack, the armed criminal cell torched the vehicle they were traveling in.

And if we take into account that on March 4, a new strategy was implemented to protect the candidates and pre-candidates for these elections. Well, from that day forward there have been 4 pre-candidates assassinated. 

Ciro Gómez Leyva: This was a candidate, but has he been added to this list?

Female: Yes. He was a pre-candidate for the Morena political party. 

Source: Ciro Gomez Leyva