Gunmen Murder Mayor-elect, Two Others In Central Mexico

The mayor-elect of Jerecuaro, a city in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, and two of his employees were murdered by gunmen, officials said Wednesday. Rogelio Sanchez, a member of the Mexican Green Party, or PVEM, was gunned down when he arrived at his business at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, a Guanajuato Attorney General's Office spokesman told EFE. Sanchez, owner of the Eclipse bus company based at the Los Fresnos ranch, was shot by gunmen riding in an SUV. The mayor-elect and his two employees, identified as Gustavo Patino and Andres Rodriguez, were pronounced dead at the scene, the AG's office spokesman said. The PVEM released a statement condemning the killings and calling on officials to conduct a thorough investigation to prevent "this climate of violence from continuing." Guanajuato Gov. Miguel Marquez said in a Twitter post that the AG's office was "carrying out an investigation." Sanchez, who served as mayor of Jerecuaro from 2009 to 2012 while a member of the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, was to take office in October in the city of 50,000...more