The security forces began a mass operation to find the responsible ones. The officials confirmed that the mayor had died in a violent attack in the region of Mictec. The case is being treated as a high profile case and an official investigation has been launched.
The state investigators and federal investigators have been sent to the place of the attack to collect evidence and to identify the body, according to the office of the state prosecutor. The investigation is being coordinated with the federal security services. The attack occurred in a short period of time and is the second killing of a mayor in the state of Oaxaca in the past month.
Mario Hernandez Garcia, the mayor of the city of Santo Ametltepec, was killed in a violent attack in which two other people were also killed. The authorities have not yet released any additional details about the possible motive.
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