Mexican mayor killed one day after taking office

Tragedy struck at a Mexican municipality when armed men killed a mayor inside her home on Saturday after she took office a day before.

The victim, Gisela Mota Ocampo was sworn into office Friday to lead Temixco, a city of nearly 100,000 people 60 miles south of Mexico City before she was killed.

State security commissioner,Morelos, Alberto Capella said at a press briefing that her assailants gained entry into her house on Saturday while her family was present and killed her in the doorway.

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According to reports, police pursued and exchanged gunfire with the armed men, killing two of them.

Two adults and a juvenile were arrested and will be prosecuted, said Javier Perez Duron, Morelos attorney general.

The Morelos state government issued a statement praising Mota Ocampo as “an honest and committed public servant” and called the attack “an organised crime launched against the constitutional and democratic order of Mexico.”

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