What began as a festive campaign march quickly turned into a scene of terror in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday night when a mayoral candidate was gunned down alongside three other people.

A mayoral candidate in Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's ruling party was killed this past weekend with four others during a campaign rally in the eastern state of Veracruz.

In the Mexican state of Veracruz, a mayoral candidate for the city of Tequixtepec, Yesenia Lara Gutierrez, was killed during a public event that was broadcast