Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre 18 Killed
Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre 18 Killed Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre 18 Killed Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda's party condemned his "cowardly" assassination. ©bbc Attackers gunned down a mayor, his father and 16 other people in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero on Wednesday, authorities said. State Attorney General Sandra Luz Valdovinos told Milenio television late Wednesday that 18 people were killed and two were wounded in the town of San Miguel Totolapan. Among the dead were Mayor Conrado Mendoza and his father, a former mayor of the town, she said. Two additional people were wounded Later Wednesday, in the neighboring state of Morelos, a state lawmaker was shot to death in the city of Cuernavaca south of Mexico City. While attacks on public officials are not uncommon in Mexico, these come...