Mexico mayor shot dead less than a day after taking office

The mayor of a city south of Mexico's capital was
shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after
taking office, officials said.
Gunmen opened fire on Mayor Gisela Mota at her
house in the city of Temixco, said the government
of Morelos state, where Temixco is located.
Two presumed assailants were killed and three
others detained following a pursuit, said Morelos
security commissioner Jesus Alberto Capella. He
said the suspects fired on federal police and
soldiers from a vehicle.
On his Twitter account, Morelos Gov. Graco
Ramirez attributed Mota's killing to organized crime,
without citing a particular drug cartel or gang.
Cartels seeking to control communities and towns
have often targeted local officials and mayors in
Mexico.
Mota's leftist Democratic Revolution Party released
a statement describing her as
"a strong and brave woman who on taking
office as mayor, declared that her fight against
crime would be frontal and direct."
Temixco is a city of about 100,000 people
neighboring Cuernavaca, a resort and industrial city
which has been suffering kidnappings and extortion
linked to organized crime groups. Though
Cuernavaca is the capital of Morelos, Temixco is
the seat of several state institutions including the
Public Security Commission, which coordinates
state and local police forces. Morelos also
neighbors drug cartel-plagued Guerrero state.
Mota, who had been a federal congresswoman, was
sworn into office on New Year's Day. She was killed
the following day.
Morelos Gov. Ramirez vowed there "would be no
impunity" in her killing and promised that state
officials would not cede to what he described as a
"challenge from criminals."
Federal and state forces are deployed in
Cuernavaca and municipalities near the Guerrero
state border in what is called operation "Delta."
Capella did not provide more details about the
attack on Mota, but said that when the suspects
were detained, authorities found a 9-millimeter gun,
an Uzi, ski masks and an SUV with Mexico State
license plates.
Morelos Attorney General Javier Perez Duron said
the detained suspects have been tied to other
crimes, but declined to provide more details.

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