{"id":108412,"date":"2021-01-14T14:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=108412"},"modified":"2021-01-14T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:25:50","slug":"murdered-politician-shot-seven-times-in-back-on-streets-of-cartel-stronghold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/murdered-politician-shot-seven-times-in-back-on-streets-of-cartel-stronghold\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdered politician shot seven times in back on streets of cartel stronghold"},"content":{"rendered":"

An up-and-coming politician was gunned down in a bloody attack on the streets of a town considered cartel-territory.<\/p>\n

Potential mayoral candidate Juan Antonio Acosta Cano was shot in the back seven times and left for dead on the downtown street.<\/p>\n

He was murdered whilst in the early morning and was reportedly left lifeless in exercise clothes in Juventino Rosas, Mexico, Mexico News Daily reported.<\/p>\n

The 55-year-old Guanajuato official was a promising National Action Party candidate. His death comes only hours after a cartel shoot out left a police officer dead and a National Guard officer seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Guanajuato Governor Diego Sinhue Rodr\u00edguez Vallejo called for an urgent investigation into the bloodbath.<\/p>\n

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He said: "I profoundly lament the killing of state Deputy Juan Antonio Acosta Cano and vehemently condemn these deeds.<\/p>\n

"I call on the state Attorney General\u2019s Office to investigate this case and bring justice to those responsible."<\/p>\n

Acosta is the second candidate to be shot and killed in Mexico. In November, election hopeful for the Democratic Revolution Party Antonio Hernandez Godinez was also murdered.<\/p>\n

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