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Over 100 Politicians Killed in Mexico Since September in Run-Up to Elections – Report

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BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - Violence has again marred the campaign trail in Mexico, with 102 politicians losing their lives in the run-up to the June 6 midterm... 22.06.2021, Sputnik International

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Over 100 Politicians Killed in Mexico Since September in Run-Up to Elections – Report

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© AP Photo / Rebecca BlackwellIn this Feb. 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico's “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of their own: the cartel kidnapped in mid-May 2021, several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers, and are now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, in front of their families.

In this Feb. 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico's “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of their own: the cartel kidnapped in mid-May 2021, several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers, and are now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, in front of their families. - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.06.2021

BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - Violence has again marred the campaign trail in Mexico, with 102 politicians losing their lives in the run-up to the June 6 midterm elections, a report out Tuesday showed.

The Etellekt Consultores consultancy has been keeping track of political violence in the Central American country. Its seventh report covers the election season between September 2020 and May 2021.

"The Political Violence Report recorded 1,066 attacks on politicians, with 102 politicians being assassinated (36 of them candidates)," it tweeted.

The firm found that 75% of 89 candidates for office who were killed ran against incumbent governors in municipal elections. It said that this trend carried over from the 2017-2018 election season.