Less than 48 hours before the country's election, a mayoral candidate has been murdered in the state of Puebla in central Mexico, according to local authorities.
This means that at least 25 candidates have been killed during the run-up to the election, according to federal figures.
Jorge Huerta Cabrera was shot dead in the city of Izúcar de Matamoros on Friday afternoon. His wife and one of his colleagues were injured in the attack.
Mexico's organized crime is behind the violence spiral that has claimed politicians' lives in the country for several years, especially those who hold or are running for regional and local positions.
About 100 million people have the right to vote in Sunday's election, which will determine the president and congress at the national level, as well as thousands of regional and municipal posts. Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to become the country's first female president and will thus be tasked with tackling the cartels' violence.
