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Politics can be risky: 78 politicians slain since last September

Mexico News Daily | Wednesday, April 11, 2018

As election campaigns gain steam political assassinations continue to climb: 11 have already been recorded so far this month.

By the end of March, 67 politicians had been slain since the electoral process kicked off last September. As of Tuesday, the figure was 78, according to a report published by the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP) and the risk analysis firm Etellekt.

There have been 203 acts of aggression against politicians since September, 173 of which were armed attacks. The third edition of the report, entitled Political Violence Mexico, also counted, for the first time, 30 attacks against candidates’ relatives.

Read more at: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/politics-can-be-risky-78-slain-since-march-1/

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