José Ángel Bravo Martínez, mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan in Oaxaca, was killed in an attack on Saturday, state prosecutors said. The motive remains unknown; a formal investigation has been opened. Bravo is the second mayor from Oaxaca murdered in recent weeks.
The mayor of San Miguel Amatitlan, José Ángel Bravo Martínez, was killed on Saturday in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca state, according to state prosecutors who classified the incident as a high-impact crime. Forensic teams and security forces have been deployed, but no motive or suspects have been identified. The Gulf cartel CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel are active in Oaxaca. Bravo was a member of an opposition coalition that included the National Action Party. His murder follows the killing of Santiago Amoltepec mayor Mario Hernández García last month, making Bravo the second mayor from Oaxaca assassinated in recent weeks.
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