Overview

• Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez, a Morena party candidate for mayor in Texistepec, Veracruz, was killed during a campaign rally on May 11, 2025.
• The attack, live-streamed on Facebook, also claimed the lives of her daughter and three supporters, with the assailants escaping unidentified.
• This marks the second assassination of a Morena candidate in Veracruz during the current election cycle, following the April 29 killing of Germán Anuar Valencia.
• Governor Rocío Nahle has pledged increased security measures and justice to ensure the integrity of the June 1 municipal elections.
• The violence reflects broader trends of criminal organizations targeting local politicians to exert control over municipalities in Mexico.