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Security & Strategic Review - May 2024
MEXICO: Electoral violence looms large
Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, a candidate for mayor of Celaya in Guanajuato state, had just finished outlining her security strategy at a campaign rally when unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed her on 1 April. Gaytán, who was running for the federally ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), joins at least 14 other pre-candidates and candidates to have been killed this electoral period according to government figures, with other organisations putting the number higher. As Mexico prepares for its biggest-ever elections on 2 June, with over 20,000 positions up for grabs, concerns over electoral violence and the impact it may have on results continue to rise.
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