A group of assassins takes over a town hall in Guerrero and murders the mayor and seven other people

Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda and the current state of the Municipal Palace after the attack.RR.

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A group of armed men broke into the municipal palace of San Miguel Totolapan, a small town in Guerrero, on Wednesday afternoon and shot dead the mayor and at least seven other people.

According to local media, the house of the councilor, Conrado Mendoza (PRD), was also attacked, and blockades were registered in different parts of the town.

The wounded amount to at least 20 according to the same sources.

The action has been claimed on social networks by one of the mafias in the Tierra Caliente area, one of the red territories of Mexico.

Among the victims is the father of the current mayor, also a local politician, and several policemen who tried to repel the offensive.

Photos that circulate through social networks show the facade of the municipal palace upholstered with dozens of bullet holes after the event.

San Miguel Totolapan, with just 20,000 inhabitants, is located in the heart of Tierra Caliente, a crossroads between the states of Michoacán, Guerrero and the State of Mexico.

For years, the area has been a bastion of organized crime mafias, a production territory and a route through the Pacific corridor.

During last year's elections, several local candidates literally had to ask local gangs for permission to campaign.

Many of them resigned due to threats from the mafias.

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