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Mayor of Municipality in Southern Mexican State Murdered in Her Office

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The state attorney general said on Monday there are five lines of investigation into the murder of the municipal president.

Mayor of Municipality in Southern Mexican State Murdered in Her Office

State and local Mexican police in Acuna, Mexico, by the Rio Grande border with Texas, prepare to take photos for social media to show the area is safe for tourists during Easter, on April 15, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Alicia Márquez

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Mayor Lilia Gema García Soto was murdered on Sunday inside the municipal palace of her town, San Mateo Piñas, according to authorities in the southeastern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The first to announce the murder of García was the governor of Oaxaca, Salomón Jara Cruz, who condemned the attack.

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