Overview

• Security sources reported that gunmen attacked Plascencia on the Cuautla–Ex Hacienda El Hospital road at the Puxtla crossroads, and paramedics confirmed she died at the scene.
• The Morelos prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, and officials had not announced arrests or a motive at the time of the latest reports.
• Plascencia had served as Asurco’s interim leader since September 2022 and was registered to seek the owner presidency in the Sept. 28 board election.
• Local users and farmers alleged the killing could be tied to disputes over control of water, citing her decision to cut supply to Tenango, Jantetelco over a contested concession.
• Civil society groups condemned the homicide, linking it to a wider pattern of violence related to the Proyecto Integral Morelos and recalling the 2022 killing of Asurco member Francisco Vázquez.