Humberto Amezcua wanted to be reappointed, in the local elections of June 2. The police discovered his body “inside a vehicle, bearing wounds apparently caused by a firearm” The head of the PRI in the state of Jalisco, Verónica Flores, blamed the authorities, both national and at state level, for the violence.
Election-related killings have been recorded in 13 of Mexico's 32 states, according to a previous report from the same office.