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Mexico federal congressman shot dead in Veracruz state

www.theguardian.com Mexico federal congressman shot dead in Veracruz state

Benito Aguas from president Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party is latest victim of spate of political violence

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.

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Same as Brazil. The majority of political violence cases happen at municipal level.

If that happened in the United States, Republicans or Democrats would be blaming themselves for this event.

in the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country
Everyone frothing at the mouth for more targeted violence after the UH guy was shot need to realize (or learn) that THIS is where that leads. And it's not always going to be someone you dislike on the receiving end of it.
- 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.
- I'm not happy when people die. But looking at the scale of institionalized cruelty in the American healthcare system, I can certainly understand the feeling of retribution that many Americans have when people who are responsible for the suffering and deaths of others, while getting rich from that, get the same fate. Especially when they or people they know have been denied coverage. Of course some people don't just want to bend over, and a political solution is out of the question for the foreseeable future.

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