BBC
November 9, 2013
The federal government sent in soldiers to Michoacan earlier this year
Mexico’s local authorities’ association say a mayor allegedly threatened by drug gangs in the western state of Michoacan has been killed.
Ygnacio Lopez Mendoza, who headed the small town of Santa Ana Maya, was found dead in his car on Thursday.
He had been speaking out about the Knights Templar cartel and had recently ended an 18-day hunger strike demanding more funds for his municipality.
This article was posted: Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 10:27 am
Tags: foreign affairs, war on drugs
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