Acapulco’s State Faces Political Violence Ahead of General Elections
- State governor’s relatives murdered in recent crime escalation
- Violence ahead of election could hurt ruling party standings
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Mexico’s Guerrero state, which hosts tourist hotspot Acapulco, is seeing an increasing wave of political killings as criminal groups appear to fight for control, the latest case of violence hurting the Latin American country ahead of general elections next year.
Over the weekend, a member of Governor Evelyn Salgado’s family was murdered in his vehicle, the second relative of the state’s highest authority to be assassinated in less than a week, Reforma newspaper reported. This follows a series of other homicides, burning of vehicles, and clashes between local groups, forcing the government to bolster the presence of the military and National Guard in Mexico’s southwest state.