Armed men on Tuesday shot dead an elected representative of the Provincial Assembly of the Mexican state of Guanajuato (center), in a country theater of a deadly turf war between rival cartels, local authorities announced.
"
I strongly condemn the murder
" of the deputy of the Provincial Assembly of Guanajuato and member of the National Action Party (PAN), a conservative party, "
Juan Antonio Acosta Cano
", declared the governor of Guanajuato, Diego Rodriguez, on Twitter.
Mr. Acosta Cano was shot dead by unidentified people in the streets of Juventino Rosas, 280 km north of Mexico City, in the municipality where he intended to run for municipal elections.
The murder comes the day after clashes between armed men and security forces in Juventino Rosas and Guanajuato, the capital of the state of the same name, which left ten dead.
Local politicians are often the targets of powerful Mexican cartels.
A deadly conflict over control of the illicit fuel trade between rival gangs Jalisco New Generation and Santa Rosa de Lima makes Guanajuato one of Mexico's most violent states.
More than 300,000 people have been murdered since 2006 when Mexico deployed the military to fight cartels, with most of the killings blamed on organized crime.
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