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    At least 30 candidates killed in Mexican election campaigns

    by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times Apr 12, 2018 5 minutes

    MEXICO CITY_The hit men arrived by motorcycle at noon, stepped into the Toreo Restaurant and, without uttering a word, opened fire on Antonia Jaimes Moctezuma.

    Then they sped away, their mission completed.

    Jaimes was the restaurant's owner and a candidate for a state congressional seat. Her killing Feb. 21 in the city of Chilapa, in Mexico's violence-plagued Guerrero state, is among more than two dozen assassinations of candidates running for office in July.

    "The situation of insecurity is very grave here," said her husband, Moises Acevedo. "But not only in Chilapa. They're killing candidates all over the country."

    Authorities have confirmed that at least 30 candidates have been killed, said Alfonso Navarrete, Mexico's interior secretary. Some reports indicate the toll since last year

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