Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are investigating the fatal shooting of the mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, the state prosecutor’s office said on Saturday, as security forces launched an operation to hunt those responsible, APA reports.
Jose Angel Bravo Martinez died after being shot in an attack in the Mixteca region, officials said, adding that they were treating the case as a high-impact crime and had opened a formal investigation. The mayor of another Oaxaca town was murdered last month.
State investigators and forensic teams were dispatched to the scene shortly after the attack to process evidence and recover the body, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement, adding that it was coordinating with federal security officials.
Authorities did not immediately provide 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).
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