Mexican Female Politician Killed Again After 4 Days... Armed Assailant Attack

Tixteulla City Councilor... Leading the Equity and Gender Committee

In Mexico, which produced its first female president in 200 years of constitutional history, female politicians have been consecutively assassinated.

According to Yonhap News Agency citing foreign media on the 8th, on the afternoon of the 7th (local time), Esmeralda Garzon, a city councilor in Tixtla, Guerrero, Mexico, was attacked by armed assailants who came to her home as she was leaving and died.

Street scenes in Mexico City after the Mexican presidential election
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City councilor Esmeralda Garzon belonged to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a major right-wing opposition party, and led the council's Equity and Gender Committee. Local authorities stated that police were deployed at the scene to investigate the incident and search for suspects.

Another female politician was also killed in Mexico just a few days earlier. On the 3rd, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, the mayor of Cotija in Michoacan, a female politician, was shot by assailants and died, causing shock.

Both incidents occurred after Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena), was elected on the 2nd as the first female president in constitutional history in Mexico, where male chauvinism is deeply rooted. She was praised for finally breaking the political glass ceiling in Mexico, known as the "land of machos," where femicide is rampant.

On the 2nd (local time), citizens of Mexico City are celebrating as the presidential election prediction results are announced.
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Mexico, notorious for crimes by drug cartels and gangs, also faces serious gender violence issues, with about 1,000 women murdered annually.

Foreign media reported that Councilor Garzon supported Morena candidates in this election, posting messages such as "Vote without fear" on her social media accounts.