Mexicans in the western state of Michoacan have called for justice after a local mayor and outspoken critic of organised crime was shot dead while attending a Day of the Dead festival in the city of Uruapan.

Hundreds of Uruapan residents, dressed in black, took to the city’s streets on Sunday to accompany Carlos Manzo’s funeral procession and bid farewell to the slain mayor.

They chanted “Justice! Justice! Out with Morena!”, a reference to the governing party of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Manzo, the mayor of the Uruapan municipality, was shot dead on Saturday night in the town’s historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died. He was 40 years old.

A city council member and a bodyguard were also wounded in the attack.

The attacker was killed at the scene,

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