Mexican mayor killed day after Sheinbaum presidential win: regional govt

The mayor of Cotija town in Mexico’s Michoacan state, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, was murdered on Monday, just a day after Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic election as the country’s first woman president. Sanchez, who was previously kidnapped by a criminal cartel, was gunned down on a public road. Authorities have launched a security operation to arrest the killers in the violence-ridden state, which is plagued by drug trafficking and extortion gangs. Photo: AFP