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Yecapixtla Mayor’s Home Shot Again as He Files Complaint and Receives Protection

The shooting reflects repeated attacks on a political family that has controlled the municipality for three decades.

Overview

  • Police reported pre-dawn gunfire at the unoccupied house in Yecapixtla’s Aquiles Serdán neighborhood, with impacts on a window and spent casings located.
  • The Morelos state prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, and security forces secured the area and ordered patrol sweeps across the municipality.
  • State security chief Miguel Ángel Urrutia said the mayor and his brother filed complaints that are now being handled by prosecutors.
  • Authorities granted protective measures to the mayor and announced reinforced road checkpoints in areas including Casasano, Vía de Juárez and routes toward Tepalcingo.
  • The incident marks a second shooting at the same residence in less than a month and forms part of a broader spate of attacks on local officials in eastern Morelos.