Courage doesn't begin to describe Mayor Maria Santos Gorrostieta who has survived two assassination attempts by criminal gangs in Mexico. Despite her husband being killed during the first attempt, her needing a colostomy bag and in constant pain after the second attack she will not give up.
The photos reveal how badly the attacks have multiliated her body.
I stand in awe in her unwavering courage.
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As the mayor of the town of Tiquicheo, she has become a key target for drug gangs who have turned the country into a grotesquely violent narco-state.
But despite being scarred physically and mentally by the attacks, the extraordinarily brave Mrs Gorrostieta remains defiant.
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'But I can't quit, not when I have three children whom I have to teach by example.
'Beside that I have the memories of my husband, the father of my children who knew how to teach the value of things and fight for them. Read more:
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