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.
Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020
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Justice in Mexico Project. (October 15, 2021). Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/
Justice in Mexico Project. "Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020." Chart. October 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/
Justice in Mexico Project. (2021). Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/
Justice in Mexico Project. "Number of City Mayors, Former Mayors and Mayoral Candidates Murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/
Justice in Mexico Project, Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of city mayors, former mayors and mayoral candidates murdered in Mexico from 2005 to 2020 [Graph], Justice in Mexico Project, October 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317187/mayors-ex-mayors-killed-mexico/
