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June 29, 2010

Mexican Gubernatorial Candidate Assassinated
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In Mexico, a popular gubernatorial candidate in the northern state of
Tamaulipas was murdered Monday, less than a week before he was expected
to win the July 4th election. Rodolfo Torre and four aides were killed
when gunmen ambushed their campaign caravan. The killing of Torre has
been described as the highest-level political assassination in Mexico in
over fifteen years. President Felipe Calderón condemned the shooting.

Felipe Calderón: "These events present an attack, not only against one
citizen, a citizen who aspired to serve his community from a public
responsibility (position), but they are attacks against the whole
society. It’s an event not only against one candidate from a political
party, but also against democratic institutions."



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