Veracruz, May 12: A mayoral candidate and three of her supporters were shot dead on Sunday at a campaign event in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the state governor said.
Yesenia Lara, the candidate of President Claudia Sheinbaum's Morena party for mayor of Texistepec, was identified by local media as the slain politician.
Footage posted online during a Facebook Live broadcast by the politician shows people running and screaming as gunshots ring out at a procession of motorcycles and supporters carrying Morena flags.
Other images shared online appeared to show bodies in the street.
We will find those responsible for the cowardly murder of the Morena candidate and supporters in Texistepec; four dead and three wounded," Veracruz state governor Rocio Nahle posted on social media.
More reports awaited.
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