23 mayoral candidates in Michoacán step aside due to insecurity and threats – MonitorExpresso.com

Morelia, Michoacán. – In the face of the wave of violence that is being experienced in all corners of the state of Michoacán, to date the balance that has left insecurity in this area of the country is two candidates for the elections on June 2 and a leader murdered, as well as 23 aspirants who have dropped out of the electoral race. On Monday, February 26, in a span of five hours, in the municipality of Maravatío, a day of violence was generated that left two candidates murdered, the first of them the doctor, Miguel Ángel Zavala, Morena’s candidate for mayor, who was left lifeless in his car, near the San Ángel clinic. while the other candidate killed was Armando Pérez Luna, standard-bearer of the National Action Party (PAN), who was also a contender for the municipality of that region. On Tuesday, March 5, in the State of Mexico, Karla Citlalli Herrera González, leader of the Solidarity Encounter Party (PES), in the municipality of Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, was shot dead in the reception of the Ejecutivo 8 hotel, located at kilometer 48 of the Toluca-Atlacomulco federal highway. after being the victim of an attack in 2023. So far, 23 candidates have renounced their political aspirations, due to the insecurity in their regions and the threats they have received, which prevents them from participating freely in the electoral process. The leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Michoacán, Guillermo Valencia Reyes, announced that four candidates for municipal mayors made the decision not to participate in the June 2 elections. The state leader of the Democratic Revolution party, Octavio Ocampo Codova, said that three of his candidates for municipal presidencies in the state decided to step aside from the electoral race because of the same issue that the other parties have pointed out, insecurity and threats from members of organized crime groups. The coordinator of Movimiento Ciudadano, Antonio Carreño Sosa, said that four of his candidates renounced to participate in the race, while the leader of the Encuentro Solidario Party, Eder López García, mentioned that six of his chosen to run for municipal presidencies throughout the state renounced to participate. Likewise, the Michoacán Primero party reported that three pre-candidates decided to withdraw, after they were forced to resign, revealed last Thursday the secretary general of the party, Miriam Alarcón, as for the Tiempo X México party, the leader of the party, Karla Martínez Martínez said that three of its candidates decided not to participate in the current electoral process because they considered that their lives were in danger.

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