{"id":1895,"date":"2026-06-13T21:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:07:32","slug":"mexico-investigates-murder-of-mayor-of-town-in-oaxaca-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1895","title":{"rendered":"Mexico investigates murder of mayor of town in Oaxaca state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>MEXICO CITY, June 13 &#8211; Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are investigating the fatal shooting of \u200bthe mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, the state \u200cprosecutor\u2019s office said on Saturday, as security forces launched an operation to hunt those responsible.<\/div>\n<div>Jose Angel Bravo Martinez died after being \u200bshot in an attack in the Mixteca region, \u200bofficials said, adding that they were treating the \u2060case as a high-impact crime and had opened \u200ba formal investigation. The mayor of another Oaxaca town was \u200bmurdered last month.<\/div>\n<div>State investigators and forensic teams were dispatched to the scene shortly after the attack to process evidence and recover \u200bthe body, the prosecutor\u2019s office said in a statement, \u200badding that it was coordinating with federal security officials.<\/div>\n<div>Authorities did not \u200cimmediately \u2060provide further details about a possible motive for the killing of Bravo, who belonged to a coalition of opposition parties, including the PAN (National Action Party).<\/div>\n<div>Violence against local \u200bofficials remains a \u200bconcern in \u2060parts of Mexico, where organized crime groups often wield influence, particularly in rural areas. \u200bMario Hernandez Garcia, the mayor of another \u200bOaxaca \u2060town, Santiago Amoltepec, died last month in an attack that also left two other people dead.<\/div>\n<div>At least 60 politicians \u2060or \u200blawmakers died in targeted killings last \u200byear, according to data by the non-governmental organization Causa en Comun.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1894\">What\u2019s happening with the contested ballots in Peru\u2019s election?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1892\">Amazon voiced concerns about Anthropic AI models before US\u00a0 government\u2019s crackdown, source says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1890\">Haiti fans pick up the beat as 52-year World Cup hoodoo ends<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are investigating the fatal shooting of \u200bthe mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, the state \u200cprosecutor\u2019s office said on Saturday, as security forces launched an operation to hunt those responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-americas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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