Carlos Manzo, 40, the mayor of Uruapan, Mexico, was gunned down at the start of November with his assassin killed and now the bodies of two accomplices have also been found by a roadside

Two bodies,including that of a teenager, have been found by the roadside belonging to suspects in the killing of a mayor who was attempting to crackdown on drug cartels.

Carlos Manzo, 40, of Uruapan, a city about 251 miles west of Mexico City , was brutally shot dead in a busy central square while people were celebrating the Day of the Dead. Immediately afterwards, 17-year-old Miguel Angel Ubaldo Vidales was identified and killed by police with an investigation continuing into what happened.

The mayor had been seeking extra help from the central government in Mexico to help tackle drug-related crime

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