A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán was fatally shot in a public plaza on Saturday night, in front of dozens of people gathered for Day of the Dead festivities.

Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, mayor of the Uruapan municipality, was rushed to hospital after being shot multiple times in the town’s historic centre, but later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina. A city council member and a bodyguard were also injured in the attack.

Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said the attacker was killed at the scene. He added that the weapon used in the killing had previously been linked to clashes between rival criminal groups in the region. “No line of investigation is being ruled out to clarify this cowardly act that took the life of the mayor," García Har

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