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Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, Morena's candidate for mayor of Celaya, Mexico, was shot dead during a campaign walk in San Miguel Octopan on April 1, 2024. The attack occurred on the first day of her campaign. Supporters had been walking through a narrow street carrying red Morena flags. Gaytán fell face-down on the pavement after the shooting.

Guanajuato Attorney General Carlos Zamarripa Aguirre said on April 4 that preliminary indications pointed to members of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, but that the connection required confirmation through the investigation. On May 16, state prosecutors announced the detention of seven people, five adults and two adolescents, in connection with the killing. Prosecutors said investigators identified the group through video and the motorcycles and vehicle used.

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Shocked By The Crime

Alma Alcaraz Hernández, candidate for governor of the state for Morena-PT-PVEM, announced the murder of Gisela Gaytán from a stage where the campaign kickoff of Carlos García, who seeks to be reelected as mayor of Silao, was taking place.

"It makes me angry, I am short of breath and I am shocked to have to give you terrible news: a few minutes ago our candidate from Celaya for Morena, Gisela Gaytán, was just murdered. This is something that has us angry, shocked, in mourning. We are going to suspend campaign activities and it is demonstrated, unfortunately, in our own blood, in the blood of people from Morena, once again, that we have a failed state and that this state needs to have a change," he said, adding that "those who have blood on their hands cannot continue in office."

Libia Dennise García Muñoz Ledo, gubernatorial candidate for the PAN-PRI-PRD alliance, joined the condemnations for this homicide.

"I send my condolences to the family, friends and colleagues. I ask for a prompt response from the authorities to clarify this fact that hurts us deeply," he posted on social media.

MC gubernatorial candidate Yulma Rocha expressed her condolences. "[It is a] tragedy that, together with the incidents of violence that our MC comrades experienced yesterday in Cortázar, are a reflection of the insecurity and violence that the people of Guanajuato experience daily and that today unfortunately disrupts the electoral process." For his part, Governor Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo expressed his condolences in a message posted on social networks and said that the crime "will not go unpunished. I firmly condemn this inhumane act and reiterate my full commitment for the state to coordinate the efforts of all levels of government in the electoral processes so that those who participate in them have the necessary protection," he said.

In the evening, the state Attorney General's Office issued a statement in which it reported that criminal investigation agents and forensic experts were collecting evidence at the scene "that would lead to identifying, locating and capturing those responsible."


Assassination, For Control Of Territory

David Sucedo Torres, a security consultant, said Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez had already been threatened by the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which controls the area where she was killed; However, he clarified that there is still not enough evidence to point to the criminal organization. He explained that the little that can be seen in the videos of the event is that the candidate lacked a security diamond, since no response shots are seen or heard.

"There are no people in custody; there are no injured [aggressors], that is, it seems that the candidate lacked a security diamond, something incomprehensible in the case of Celaya," Saucedo said.

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The Candidate

[kellyhound]

that country is doomed.

[gettheghost]

I can’t really feel bad. She knew it was a risk and showed up in a public area anyway

[Trucked up]

russia uses poison in these situations.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

It's like looking into a crystal ball at future elections in USA...

[Mr.NoCredit]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

It's like looking into a crystal ball at future elections in USA...

We can only hope.

[Necrotic Bowel]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

It's like looking into a crystal ball at future elections in USA...

Don’t give the Democrats any ideas, because they’ll do ANYTHING

[RollOnWheelie]

Gave her the old Sirhan Sirhan treatment.