The mayor of Candelaria-Loxicha, Mexico, Román Ruiz Bojórquez, was stabbed to death in front of his home. He died on the way to the hospital.
Oku.Az ren.tv reported on this.
He was the second mayor murdered in southern Mexico in the last ten days. On October 6, the opposition mayor of Chilpancingo, Alejandro Arcos, was beheaded. The criminals have not yet been found.
The governor of the state of Oaxaca, Salomón Xara, confirmed the death of the second mayor on social networks, but did not reveal more details about it.