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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Third Mexican mayor slain in a week |
| 2011-01-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] The mayor of an indigenous community in southern Oaxaca state of Mexico has been rubbed out, the third killing of a mayor in a week. The mayor of the small central Mexico town of Temoac was shot to death Monday, and the body of a northern mayor was found riddled with bullets Friday. Oaxaca state prosecutor Manuel de Jesus Lopez said on Thursday that Luis Jimenez Mata, who only took up his post in Santiago Amoltepec at the start of year, was rubbed out as he arrived at his offices in nearby Oaxaca City, capital of Oaxaca state. The motive of the killing remained unclear and fourteen people were called in for questioning, but none had been nabbed, the official said. The largely Indian town of Santiago Amoltepec has been locked in a decade-long land dispute with a neighboring town that has resulted in about a dozen deaths, AP reported. In 2010, fourteen Mexican mayors were killed. Most of the murders have taken place in the volatile north, near the US border. The region has been grappling with brutal narco gangs and organized crime in recent years. |
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