According to Veracruz Governor Rocio Nahle, who is also a member of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party, Gutierrez’s daughter was one of the people shot dead on Monday.
Nahle vowed justice at a news conference on Monday, saying, “No office or position is worth a person’s life.” Gutierrez had shared a number of pictures of her campaigning throughout.
The area on Facebook. Just hours before the shooting, she said, “The vitality that keeps me walking day by day is the strength of our youth.”
After German Anuar Valencia, also from Morena, was murdered on April 29, this is the second assassination of a Veracruz mayoral candidate this election season.
Nahle committed to maintain democracy and security during the June 1 elections and denounced the incident as an act of terrorism.
Although it’s unclear whether Gutierrez had applied for state and federal protection, she emphasized that 57 applicants had.
