The politician opened fire and killed while eating in a restaurant in Mexico

A local Mexican politician was shot and was killed on Monday while eating in a restaurant in the troubled western Mexico Gallisco StateThe authorities said.

Jose Luis Pereira, a senior member of the Tukalach city government, was at approximately 5:00 pm at a seafood restaurant, according to the local prosecutor’s office.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. “Upon arrival, along with medical employees, the officers confirmed that the victim no longer has vital signs.”

The city and the surrounding area have witnessed seizures of violence in recent months. Just a few days ago, the mother looking for missing relatives was She was killed with her son In Gallisco.

The state police chief was killed in the state on April 15.

In March, a lawyer who runs a local Facebook news page was killed in the neighboring state of Guangeato in what the state’s general prosecutors described as “against freedom of expression”.

Local media also reported in February that the remains of four TEOCALTICE police officers were found in plastic bags on the side of the road, after eight officers disappeared with a driver who took them to the nearby Guadalajara.

After the kidnapping, the state government took control of the teocaltiche police, accusing local law enforcement of being infiltrated by the gangs.

Western Mexico is home to Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which was appointed by a terrorist organization by US President Donald Trump in February.

Violence associated with drug smuggling groups in Mexico has increased in recent decades, with about 480,000 people in the past 19 years.

More than 124,000 people were officially registered in the missing in Mexico, and Gallisco leads national statistics with more than 15,000 cases.

Politicians targeted with violence in Mexico

Mexico Drug gangs They often focused assassination attempts on politicians and municipal candidates, in an attempt to control the local police or blackmail funds from the municipal governments.

In December 2024, he was a member of the Mexican Congress who was a member of the ruling coalition Shot In Ferkrose.

About two months ago, the mayor was Murder In the southern state of Guerrero. The following month, he was the former public prosecutor and local police officer Arrest Regarding horrific killing.

In June 2024, a Murder In southern Mexico, less than a week was assassinated from another politician in the same area where the Cartel violence was afflicted.

In the same month, local Council member She was shot while she was leaving her house in Guerro. Her death came a few days after the mayor of a town in West Mexico and her bodyguard Killed out of the gymJust hours after Shinbom won the presidency.

In March 2024, a The mayor was shot While he is in a restaurant with his 14 -year -old son in Murilia, the capital of West Michocan state. His son survived.