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Days Before Elections, Violence Increases in Mexico

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By KELIN DILLON With Mexico’s midterm elections fast approaching on Sunday, June 6, instances of violence against politicians has increased in turn, with the shooting of four candidates, the kidnapping of one election hopeful and the torture and execution of a political operator all happening with just days left to go before the vote. Just last week, Etellekt Consultancy revealed

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Violence Rages On 12 Days Before Mexico’s Elections

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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s already-bloody electoral campaign season saw yet another tragedy on Tuesday, May 25, when Alma Rosa Barragán, the Citizen’s Movement mayoral candidate for Moroleón, Guanajuato, was assassinated during a campaign rally, continuing the electoral violence with just 12 days left until the midterm elections on June 6. Barragán was gunned down in open fire by a group

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