![Mexico mayor-elect assassinated amidst surge in political violence](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/mexico-3727210_1280.jpg)
A mayor-elect was shot and killed on Monday in the southern Mexcian state of Guerrero, according to a statement by the State Prosecutor’s office. Salvador Villalva Flores, returning from a trip to Mexico City, was traveling on the highway on the bus when he was fatally shot in the town of San Pedro de las [...]