A Mexican federal congressman has been assassinated, in the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.
The Veracruz attorney general’s office confirmed the death of Benito Aguas, a member of the leftist government’s ruling coalition in the 500-member lower house of congress.
Another man was also found dead at the scene, according to the attorney general’s office, adding that an investigation into the suspected murders was ongoing.
Local media reported that Aguas was shot multiple times in the mountainous municipality of Zongolica in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and died later from his wounds.
This isn’t political violence in the sense of supporters of different parties killing each other.
These are Mexican drug cartels killing and intimidating politicians to protect their turf, enable corruption and make it more difficult to fight them.
I am not necessarily arguing against what you’re saying, just pointing out that what’s going on in Mexico is primarily linked to drug cartels and not violent conflict based on ideology or political goals.
Yeah, I get it’s not a 1:1 (I’ve been following this, though not super closely), but vigilante justice still leads to the same destination albeit a different road.
This doesn’t seem to be vigilante justice tho. More like the cartels working towards a coup, then a massive fight between the cartel leaders over who will lead/own Mexico.
Yeah, I made another reply where I said I know it’s not 1:1 but it’s a nearby road that leads to pretty much the same destination.