Gisela Mota Ocampo was sworn into office Friday to lead Temixco, a city of nearly 100,000 people 60 miles south of Mexico City.
The
attackers entered her house Saturday morning while her family was
present and killed her in the doorway, said Alberto Capella, Morelos
state security commissioner, at a press briefing.Police pursued and
exchanged gunfire with the armed men, killing two of them, he said.
Two
adults and a juvenile were arrested and will be prosecuted. The Morelos
state government issued a statement praising Mota Ocampo as “an honest
and committed public servant” and calling the attack “a challenge that
organized crime launched against the constitutional and democratic
order.”
Morelos state is known for drug cartel activity. The congresswoman, who was in her early 30s, had promised to try to clean up Temixco, an industrial city where problems associated with drugs and organised crime are high.
culled:telegraph.co.uk
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