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Mayoral candidate shot dead in street just as she began campaigning in Mexico

CBS News

Updated on: April 2, 2024 / 11:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP

A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began campaigning, marking yet another politician to be shot dead in the country in recent weeks.

Authorities in the north-central state of Guanajuato said candidate Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez was shot to death on a street in a town just outside the city of Celaya. Mayorships in Mexico often included smaller surrounding communities.

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