Mexican vendors' leader killed at protest in Cuernavaca city

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Mexican vendors' leader killed at protest in Cuernavaca city
Updated 8:41 pm CDT, Wednesday, May 8, 2019

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A union official accompanying protesting street vendors was shot to death Wednesday during the demonstration outside city hall in the south-central Mexico city of Cuernavaca, and another trade unionist also was killed, officials said. A TV cameraman and another person were wounded.

Morelos state authorities said the shooting of union official Jesus Garcia came as vendors demonstrated over their possible expulsion from the city's main plaza. Cuernavaca's mayor, Francisco Antonio Villalobos, said the other person killed also was a union official but did not release the victim's identity.

State prosecutor Uriel Cardona said the preliminary investigation indicated the shooting was not aimed at the protesters or media. He said it also appeared that only one shooter was involved and that was the man arrested quickly after the incident.

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