Son of Guatemalan
Candidate Murdered
Violence during the
ongoing election
campaign is escalating
in Guatemala, where
Carlos Enrique Mijangos,
the son of Daniel
Mijangos, who is running
for the mayor"s office
for the Patriotic Party
in the municipality of
Palencia, was murdered.
Three unidentified
individuals shot
28-year-old Mijangos Jr.
to death as he was
leaving home for work.
He died on site of three
chest wounds, according
to emergency workers.
Mijangos is the third
relative of a politician
murdered during the
ongoing election
campaign, which is
considered one of the
most violent races over
the past few years in
Guatemala.
Cesar Leonel Soto del
Valle, the son of Deputy
Leonel Soto Arango, of
the Nationalist Change
Unity, was murdered in
the department of
Quetzaltenango last
week.
The son of lawmaker
Herman Herstenberg, of
the Guatemalan
Republican Front, was
assassinated on July 12
in the northern
department of Alta
Verapaz.
According to the civil
organization Mirador
Electoral, 38 people
have been killed for
political reasons in
Guatemala during the
ongoing election
campaign. |
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