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Having survived two assassination attempts, Mexican mayor beaten to death
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Originally Posted by BBC
Mexico ex-mayor killed after surviving two attacks
The former mayor of a town in western Mexico, who had survived two earlier assassination attempts, has been beaten to death.
The body of Maria Santos Gorrostieta, 36, was found in a ditch with a blow to the head three days after her family had reported her missing.
When she was mayor of the town of Tiquicheo she was twice shot at by gunmen, who also killed her husband.
Mexican officials have increasingly become targets of drug cartels.
There have been calls for the federal government to do more to step up their security.
'Clear conscience'
Ms Gorrostieta was the mayor of Tiquicheo, in western Michoacan state, from 2008 until 2011.
Unidentified gunmen ambushed her in October 2009 as she was travelling in a car with her husband Jose Sanchez.
Mr Sanchez died of gunshot wounds sustained during the attack.
Three months later Ms Gorrostieta was seriously injured in a second ambush.
After being released from hospital following the second attack on her life, she said she did not know why she was being targeted.
"I have a clear conscience, I have never had any issues of any kind, be it money, family or crime related, and I have never had any fights with any neighbours or residents of my town, or any other town," she said.
She also published pictures of the scars she had sustained in the two attacks in her local newspaper with a message thanking her family and supporters and vowing to "continue fighting, true to my ideals and my convictions, convinced that the truth will make us free".
About two dozen mayors have been murdered since President Felipe Calderon declared war on drug traffickers six years ago.
While police say the motives behind the killings are not always clear, most attacks on local officials have happened in small and medium-sized towns in regions disputed by rival drug gangs.
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That's very disappointing and scary. It's also hard to think that these kinds of people even have ways to get who they need. :redface:
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Re: Having survived two assassination attempts, Mexican mayor beaten to death
This is old...
Anyway, that's what happens when you get the political party PRI back in the presidential chair.
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Eliseo
This is old...
Anyway, that's what happens when you get the political party PRI back in the presidential chair.
06:15 EST, 26 November 2012, it's now the 27th
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Panacea
Disgusting.
We were talking about this last night and evidently therse more grotesque pictures. I feel such apathy reading this article, it's like they don't give a sh`it.
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This is disappointing. Not surprising though considering her stance and the situation there.
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Re: Having survived two assassination attempts, Mexican mayor beaten to death
Still can't believe the government allowed ~24 mayors to be killed.
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KhainiWest
We were talking about this last night and evidently therse more grotesque pictures. I feel such apathy reading this article, it's like they don't give a sh`it.
They need to do something about these damn drug cartels. I haven't read into the issue any further than what's been posted on here, but it just seems like innocent people are losing their lives to crooks who think they can do as they damn well please.
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Panacea
They need to do something about these damn drug cartels. I haven't read into the issue any further than what's been posted on here, but it just seems like innocent people are losing their lives to crooks who think they can do as they damn well please.
It's not that easy. Besides mayors, journalists are also a target of these cartels and I've read the story of one other mayor who was murdered. His body was desecrated even more than Maria Santos and it really goes to show just how much power they wield- or violence, if you will. May she rest in peace, she was brave and stood up for what was right.
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KhainiWest
06:15 EST, 26 November 2012, it's now the 27th
This was news in Mexico over a week ago. I was trying to point out how late the BBC article is.
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Eliseo
This was news in Mexico over a week ago. I was trying to point out how late the BBC article is.
Enlighten me by posting the earliest translated story that couldn't have been possibly made until Nov 17th.
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KhainiWest
Enlighten me by posting the earliest translated story that couldn't have been possibly made until Nov 17th.
I remember seeing it on reddit a while back T__T.
Surprised she didn't have, like, bodyguards when she was dropping her daughter off at kindergarten.
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Corn
I remember seeing it on reddit a while back T__T.
Surprised she didn't have, like, bodyguards when she was dropping her daughter off at kindergarten.
The guards that are supposed to protect the mayors got removed due to "transition of leadership", leaving many mayors unprotected. It was supposed to last for a small time, but it ended up as a disaster.
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Eliseo
The guards that are supposed to protect the mayors got removed due to "transition of leadership", leaving many mayors unprotected. It was supposed to last for a small time, but it ended up as a disaster.
I don't get what does the transition have to do with removal of guards. Still, this only makes it more tragic as she might still be alive if guards were present. :f4:
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Eliseo
The guards that are supposed to protect the mayors got removed due to "transition of leadership", leaving many mayors unprotected. It was supposed to last for a small time, but it ended up as a disaster.
Seems like some people got bribed.
