translated from Spanish: Citizens prevent killing of RSP candidate in Oaxaca

Oaxaca de Juárez.- Residents of the municipality of San Francisco del Mar, Oaxaca, thwarted an attempted murder against the candidate of the Progressive Social Networks (RSP) party for the municipal presidency, Pedro Enríquez Martínez. They also captured two alleged kittens, who stated that they were sent by the PRI in a video that was posted on Facebook.The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday, according to information published on the official pages of the RSP.
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“In RSP we condemn this fact that adds to the violence unleashed that has positioned Oaxaca as the most unsafe entity in the country for the candidates of the current electoral process,” the party said in a statement. Read more: INE offices set on fire in Chiapas; Demand release of detained normalistsIn the same document, the RSP leadership urged state authorities to conduct an “impartial, prompt, and thorough” investigation into the events, in order to find those responsible for the intellectuals.

The two suspects responsible for the attack who were captured by the villagers confessed to video cameras that they were sent by the PRI. This audiovisual material was disseminated on different social media platforms. In the mime you can hear a man interrogating the young men, who identify themselves as Javier “N” and Daniel “L”. When questioned about who gave the order, one of the detainees said that he was “cuaco,” an alleged collaborator of the current PRI candidate for mayor of San Francisco del Mar.Read more: Socavón formed in Puebla was due to a geological fault: Miguel Barbosa However, these statements have not been corroborated by the state authorities and it is unknown whether or not the young people were forced to hold the candidate responsible for the tricolor. For his part, the PRI candidate has not issued any information in this regard.

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