Investigation on killing of Mexican mayor continues

The fights between groups and political rivalries and the calls for grants for public works and artisans could be the motivations behind the killing of the mayor of San Juan Chamula, Domingo López González, and four other officers, according to the authorities.

The Attorney General of the state of Chiapas, Raciel López Salazar, said that the authorities are investigating the incident.

So far, he said, there are no reasons to suspect the involvement of institutions or political parties and all the people involved in the killing have been fully identified.

He added that less than 24 hours of the killing of López González, alderman Narciso Lunes Hernández, Miguel López Gómez, Ernesto Pérez Pérez, and Silvano Hernández Díaz, "seven suspects" were arrested.