Gunmen opened fire in a municipal hall and a house in a small town in southern Mexico, killing 18 people including the mayor, local media reported citing the Guerrero state Attorney General’s Office.
The armed group, wearing ski masks and driving two SUVs, killed Conrado Mendoza and his father Juan Mendoza, mayor and former mayor, respectively, of San Miguel Totolapan.
Most of the ten victims that authorities have identified were members of the local government, Reforma newspaper reported.
Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda, a member of the nation’s ruling Morena party, asked the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate with haste to clarify the events.
“There will be no impunity for the malicious aggression against the municipal president and local government officials,” Salgado Pineda said on Twitter.
