The governor said a mayoral candidate and three of her supporters were shot dead during a campaign in eastern Mexico's Veracruz state on Sunday.

President Claudia Sheinbaum is a soldier, the candidate for the mayoral party of the Texpek City, Yesenia Lara, was identified by local media as the slain politician.

Videos posted online by politicians during Facebook live show people running around in gunfire as they ran and screamed, ringing in a parade of motorcycles and supporters carrying Morena flags.

Other images shared online appear to show the bodies on the street.

Veracruz Governor Rocio Nahle announced on social media.

“No position or office is worth a life of one person.”

The state's attorney general's office confirmed on social media that it had launched an investigation.

Lara posted several images on Facebook showing her campaign throughout the region.

“The power of our youth is the energy that inspires me to walk day after day,” she wrote hours before the shooting.

Since 2006, about 480,000 people have been murdered in Mexico.

Targeting politicians in Mexico

Attacks on politicians are common in Mexico, especially at the local level, due to the violence associated with cartels. Corruption and billions of dollars in narcotics trade.

The killing comes two days after Cecilia Ruvalcaba, a member of the state of Jalisco, western Mexico, was shot and killed. Last month, Jose Luis Pereira, a senior member of the municipality of Teocaltice, was Shoot and kill While dining at a restaurant in Jalisco.

In December 2024, the Mexican Congressman who ruled the Union was Shoot to death In veracruz.

About two months before that, the mayor was Murdered and beheaded In the southern state of Guerrero. Next month, a former prosecutor and local police officer are Arrested It's related to the grim killing.

June 2024, Mayor was killed In southern Mexico, another politician was assassinated in the same area less than a week.

In the same month, local Female congressman She was shot and killed when she left her home. Her murder happened a few days after the mayor of western Mexico and her bodyguard Killed outside the gymJust a few hours after President Sheinbaum's victory.

March 2024, Mayor was shot With his 14-year-old son in a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of Simimoca state. His son survived.