The following is a list of assassinations of political candidates, which took place in Mexico during the 2024 Mexican general and local elections. Up to sixty politicians were assassinated during the pre-campaign and campaign periods in Mexico. According to the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the total number was six.[1]
Assassinations that occurred before the start of the electoral period (20 November 2023).
| Name | Political party | Date | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Torres Barrera | PAN | 13 July 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Chiautla de Tapia, Puebla | Armed assailants kidnapped and killed Torres.[2] | |
| Wilman Monje Morales | MORENA | 11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz | Former mayor of Gutiérrez Zamora (2018–2021) as a member of Citizens' Movement. Ambushed and shot after dropping off his son at Colegio México near the Gutiérrez Zamora Municipal Palace.[3] | |
| Alejandro Lanuza Hernández | PAN | 11 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato | Regidor of Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Had previously been kidnapped while his sister was mayor (2018–2021). Killed while walking near his residence at 9:00 am.[4] | |
| Miguel Ángel Cruz Robles | MORENA | 26 October 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Villa del Carbón, State of Mexico | While driving on the Jilotepec–Villa del Carbón highway, Cruz was fatally shot by armed assailants.[5] |
Assassinations that occurred between the start of the campaigning period (20 November 2023) and election day (2 June 2024).
| Name | Political party | Date | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagoberto García Rivera | MORENA | 4 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | García Rivera was reported missing on 19 October; his body was found in Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, with signs of bullet wounds on 31 October and identified on 4 November.[6] | |
| Jaime Dámaso Solís | PAN | 24 November 2023 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Zitala, Guerrero | Former regidor of Zitala, Guerrero. Fatally shot outside his residence in the municipality at 8:00am.[7] | |
| Ricardo Taja Ramírez | MORENA | 21 December 2023 | Aspiring candidate for federal deputy | Local deputy of Guerrero (2012–2015) and federal deputy (2015–2018) as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fatally shot in Acapulco.[8] | |
| Giovanni Lezama Barrera | PAN | 4 January 2024 | Precandidate for local deputy of Morelos | Regidor of Cuautla, Morelos. Fatally shot in a gym in the municipality.[9] | |
| David Rey González Moreno | PRI | 5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Suchiate, Chiapas | Armed assailants shot González Moreno while he was on a motorcycle near the Guatemala–Mexico border. Four gunshot wounds were found on his body.[10] | |
| Sergio Hueso | MC | 5 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Armería, Colima | While driving, his vehicle was intercepted by armed assailants and was shot multiple times.[11] | |
| Aronia Wilson Tambo | N/A | 9 January 2024 | Councillor and indigenous leader | Killed at home.[12] | |
| MC | 11 January 2024 | Municipal commissioner of Citizens' Movement in Jacona, Michoacán, and aspiring candidate for regidora | Trans woman and activist who was a candidate for regidora in 2021. She was shot by armed assailants while working at a clothing store.[13] | ||
| Samantha Gomes Fonseca | MORENA | 14 January 2024 | Precandidate for senator representing Mexico City | Trans woman who was shot by armed assailants while riding a DiDi taxi.[14] | |
| Marcelino Ruiz Esteban | PRD | 24 January 2024 | Aspiring candidate for mayor of Atlixtac, Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Ruiz Esteban and his wife, Guadalupe Guzmán Cano, were fatally shot by armed assailants.[15] | |
| Guadalupe Guzmán Cano | PRD | 24 January 2024 | PRD state advisor of Guerrero | While driving on the Chilapa–Tlapa federal highway, Guzmán Cano and her husband, Marcelino Ruiz Esteban, were fatally shot by armed assailants. | |
| José Alejandro Naredo García | PRD | 27 January 2024 | PRD municipal leader of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz | Killed by armed assailants in Cuitláhuac, Veracruz.[16] | |
| Jaime Vera Alanís | PVEM | 1 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Mascota, Jalisco | While exiting a laundromat in Zapopan, Vera Alanís was approached by two assailants dressed in black. One greeted him and then shot him three times.[17] | |
| Juan Pérez Guardado | N/A | 7 February 2024 | Secretary of Social Development in Fresnillo, Zacatecas | Brother-in-law of senator Ricardo Monreal. Fatally shot by armed assailants near the Real de Minas hospital in Fresnillo, Zacatecas.[18] | |
| Yair Martín Romero Segura | MORENA | 10 February 2024 | Precandidate for federal deputy | Romero Segura and his brother were fatally shot in Ecatepec.[19] | |
| Miguel Ángel Zavala Reyes | MORENA | 26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Two armed assailants shot Zavala Reyes at point blank-range while he was in his vehicle outside the clinic he worked at. The assailants fled in a car.[20] | |
| Armando Pérez Luna | PAN | 26 February 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Maravatío, Michoacán | Pérez Luna was found dead with gunshot wounds in his car. | |
| Alfredo González Díaz | PT | 3 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero | While driving, González Díaz was fatally shot by armed assailants.[21] | |
| Tomás Morales Patrón | MORENA | 12 March 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero | While getting off his car outside of his house, Morales Patrón was fatally shot by an armed assailant.[22] | |
| Diego Pérez Méndez | PRI | 14 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas | Pérez Méndez's body was found in Chamula, Chiapas. His wife and son were found wounded in the same location.[23] | |
| Humberto Amezcua | PRI | 15 March 2024 | Mayor of Pihuamo, Jalisco, seeking reelection | While in his car, Amezcua was ambushed and shot by armed assailants.[24] | |
| Joaquín Martínez López | PVEM | 19 March 2024 | Mayor of Chahuites, Oaxaca, seeking reelection | Martínez López was shot by armed assailants while in front of his house. Second consecutive time that the incumbent mayor of Chahuites is assassinated.[25] | |
| Jaime González Pérez | MORENA | 23 March 2024 | Precandidate for mayor of Acatzingo, Puebla | González Pérez was shot by two armed assailants while he was with his children on a car sales lot he owned. The assailants fled on motorcycles.[26] | |
| Gisela Gaytán | MORENA | 1 April 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Celaya, Guanajuato | At her first campaign rally in, Gaytán was shot dead in broad daylight.[27] | |
| Julián Bautista Gómez | PRI | 9 April 2024 | Former mayor of Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas, seeking reelection | While driving his tractor on his way to work, armed assailants attacked and killed Bautista Gómez.[28] | |
| Noé Ramos Ferretiz | PAN | 19 April 2024 | Mayor of El Mante, Tamaulipas, seeking reelection | Ramos Ferretiz was fatally stabbed by several assailants during a campaign event in Col. Azucarera, Ciudad Mante.[29] | |
| Alberto Antonio García | MORENA | 19 April 2024 | Incumbent municipal treasurer of San José Independencia, Oaxaca, and mayoral candidate for the same municipality | Antonio García and his wife, the incumbent mayor of San José Independencia, were abducted on 17 April. The two were found stranded on an island in a local reservoir on 19 April; his wife survived the kidnapping, but Antonio García had been beaten to death.[30] | |
| Francisco Sánchez Gaeta | PVEM | 27 April 2024 | Candidate for síndico of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco | Body found in an abandoned car on a highway in the municipality of Mascota, Jalisco.[31] | |
| Mauro Hernández Velin | 3 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Benemérito de las Américas, Chiapas | Killed in a attack on Juan Gómez Morales, the party's mayoral candidate in the same municipality. Gómez's son was also killed.[32] [33] | ||
| Santos Moreno Cabada | PRI | 16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Choix, Sinaloa | Body with gunshot wounds abandoned on a vacant lot in Choix.[34] | |
| Aníbal Zúñiga Cortés | PRI | 16 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | One of four dismembered bodies found abandoned in a van in the port city of Acapulco. His wife was among the other victims.[35] | |
| Lucero López Maza | 16 May 2024 | Mayoral candidate for the municipality of La Concordia, Chiapas | One of six people shot dead in a "clash between armed civilians" during a campaign event.[36] [37] | ||
| José Alfredo Cabrera Barrientos | PRI | 29 May 2024 | Candidate for mayor of Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | Killed before giving his last campaign speech.[38] | |
| Jorge Huerta | PVEM | 31 May 2024 | Candidate for regidor in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla | Shot while getting out of his vehicle in San Nicolás Tolentino.[39] | |
| Israel Delgado Vega | MORENA | 1 June 2024 | Candidate for síndico in Cuitzeo, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting at his home.[40] |
Assassinations that occurred after election day (2 June 2024).
| Name | Political party | Date | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolanda Sánchez | PAN | 3 June 2024 | Mayor in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán | Killed in a drive-by shooting in the public plaza.[41] | |
| Esmeralda Garzón Campos | MORENA | 7 June 2024 | Regidora in Tixtla, Guerrero | Shot dead outside her home.[42] |