Overview

• Jorge Eleazar Galván García, a two-time PAN mayor of Burgos known as “El Potrillo,” was killed in a targeted shooting on Saturday night.
• The PAN in Tamaulipas confirmed his death, condemned the attack, and called for prosecutors to deliver justice, according to a statement by state party leader Luis René Cantú.
• Initial media reports say gunmen in a white vehicle followed him to the ejido La Colmena near Méndez, where he stopped to confront them and was fatally shot.
• The state security spokesperson said Guardia Estatal officers responded to a report of a deceased man in the ejido Lázaro Cárdenas and residents reported gunfire from a white truck in La Colmena.
• Investigators have not disclosed a motive or suspects, with coverage noting the area has faced sustained violence tied to rival criminal groups.