Mexico: mayors, ex-mayors & mayor candidates killed 2005-2020
In 2020, the number of mayors, mayoral candidates, and former mayors murdered in Mexico amounted to six. This represents a noticeable decrease in comparison to the previous year, when this type of politically-motivated crime took the lives of 25 Mexican municipal leaders. Furthermore, the source specifies that no candidate was murdered in 2020. Instead, there were three former mayors and three sitting mayors assassinated.