Mexico Candidate Slain; 1,000s of Ballots Burned in Attack

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Mexico Candidate Slain; 1,000s of Ballots Burned in Attack
MEXICO CITY — Jun 2, 2015, 7:23 PM ET
Associated Press

A Mexican congressional hopeful was shot dead in a town bordering the capital Tuesday, becoming the fourth candidate to be slain ahead of Sunday's midterm elections.

Miguel Angel Luna, mayor of Valle de Chalco in the state of Mexico southeast of Mexico City, was attacked by armed men at his campaign offices, according to a statement from his Democratic Revolution Party. Luna died shortly afterward at a hospital. An assistant was wounded.

Since March, three other politicians running in mayoral races have been slain in the southern states of Michoacan and Guerrero.

Also in Guerrero, an armed group broke into electoral offices in the city of Tlapa and burned more than 116,000 ballots late Monday, the state electoral institute reported.

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[mountain grammy]

1. Frightening what's going on in Mexico.

Beautiful country, beautiful people, but the corruption is bringing down the country. I fear we are seeing our future, as people get poorer and the police more militant. Corruption will bring us down too.

[C Moon]

2. Damn. That's horrible. :(

[SoapBox]

3. It's a complete meltdown.

...Mexico is a mess.