Son of Guatemalan Candidate Murdered

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Prensa Latina

Son of Guatemalan Candidate Murdered

Guatemala, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) 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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