Gisela Gaytan was running for mayor of Celaya for the same party, that of President Lopez Obrador. She was killed as she was preparing to participate in a political rally.
The governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue, of the conservative PAN party, assured that the murder of Gaytan “will not go unpunished” Mexico, which has 126 million inhabitants, has recorded more than 450,000 murders since 2006, the start of a vast anti-drug offensive.