This is a list of politicians murdered in the Mexican drug war. Since the start of the military-led offensive by the Mexican government in 2006, the drug trafficking organizations have slaughtered their rivals, killed police officers, and now increasingly targeted politicians – especially local leaders. Most of the places where these politicians have been killed are areas plagued by drug-related violence. Part of the strategy used by the criminal groups behind the killings of local figures is the weakening of the local governments.
Extreme violence puts politicians at the mercy of the mafias, thus allowing the cartels to take control of the fundamental government structures and expand their criminal agendas. In addition, because mayors usually appoint local police chiefs, they are seen by the cartels as key assets in their criminal activities, enabling them to control the police forces in their areas of influence. The cartels also seek to control the local governments to win government contracts and concessions; these "public works" help them ingrain themselves in the community and gain the loyalty and respect of the communities in which they operate.
Currently, the criminal organizations in Mexico earn a substantial amount of money from extortion and retail drug sales, known in Spanish as "narcomenudeo." Unlike the transnational drug trade, which can be carried out without the aid and protection of authorities, local police forces are more likely to be aware of the local extortions and drug sales. Hence, government tolerance – and, at times, government collusion – is necessary for the cartels to operate.
Politicians are usually targeted for three reasons: (1) Political figures who are honest pose a direct threat to organized crime and are consequently killed by the cartels; (2) Politicians make arrangements to protect a specific cartel and are killed by a rival cartel; and (3) a cartel simply kills politicians to heat the turf of the rival cartel that operates in the area.
Another issue behind the assassination of politicians is that Mexico is more democratic than how it used to be a couple of decades ago when the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) ruled Mexico uninterruptedly for more than seven decades. Today, the criminal groups have to deal with three major political parties, posing challenges to the long relationships the cartels had during the past regime. Drug-related assassinations are not solely limited to local and low-profile politicians. As demonstrated by the killing of Rodolfo Torre Cantú in June 2010, a candidate for the PRI who was running for governor of Tamaulipas, drug lords are interfering with Mexico's election process.
Eighty-eight politicians or candidates were killed between September 2020 and the June 2021 Mexican legislative election.
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Notes
- A municipal president is comparable to a mayor of a town or city.
- A deputy is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico.
- Politicians who are reported as "disappeared" are included in the list with a note in References box.
Presidency of Felipe Calderon
| Name | Political Party | Position | Date | Location | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Antonio Guajardo Anzaldúa | PAN PRD PT | Former municipal president, Senator, and Deputy | 29 November 2007 | Río Bravo, Tamaulipas | |
| Leopoldo Juárez Urbina | Convergence | Former municipal president | 8 May 2008 | Cherán, Michoacán | |
| Marcelo Ibarra Villa | PRI | Municipal president | 1 June 2008 | Villa Madero, Michoacán | |
| Manuel de Jesús Angulo Torres | PRI | Municipal president | 4 June 2008 | Topia, Durango | |
| Juan Manuel Orozco Serrano | PRI | Former municipal president | 24 July 2008 | Cuautitlán, Jalisco | |
| Héctor Lorenzo Ríos | PRD | Municipal president | 24 September 2008 | Ayutla, Guerrero | |
| Salvador Vergara Cruz | PRI | Municipal president | 8 October 2008 | Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico | |
| Claudio Reyes Núñez | PRI | Municipal president | 6 February 2009 | Otáez, Durango | |
| Francisco Javier Rodríguez Aceves | PRD | Former municipal president | 22 February 2009 | Petatlán, Guerrero | |
| Octavio Manuel Carrillo Castellanos | PRI | Municipal president | 24 February 2009 | Vista Hermosa, Michoacán | |
| Gonzalo Paz Torres | N/A | Chief of city council | 7 March 2009 | Tancítaro, Michoacán | |
| Dimas Arzeta Cisneros | PRI | Former municipal president | 14 March 2009 | Tecpán de Galeana, Guerrero | |
| Nicolás León Hernández | PRI | Former municipal president | 3 April 2009 | Isla del Cayacal, Michoacán | |
| Gustavo Bucio Rodríguez | PRD | Candidate for Deputy (legislator) | 7 April 2009 | Michoacán | |
| Alfonso Rivera Cruz | N/A | Municipal president pro tempore | 20 April 2009 | Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero | |
| Luis Carlos Ramírez López | PAN | Municipal president | 2 June 2009 | Ocampo, Durango | |
| Efraín Gutiérrez Arcos | PRI | Former municipal president | 11 June 2009 | Santa Ana Maya, Michoacán | |
| Héctor Manuel Meixueiro Muñoz | PAN | Municipal president | 14 July 2009 | Namiquipa, Chihuahua | |
| Ismael Rivera | N/A | Treasurer of the municipality | 14 July 2009 | Namiquipa, Chihuahua | |
| Armando Chavarría Barrera | PRD | Congressman | 20 August 2009 | Chilpancingo, Guerrero | |
| José Francisco Fuentes | PRI | Candidate for state legislature | 6 September 2009 | Villahermosa, Tabasco | |
| Estanislao García Santelis | N/A | Municipal president | 9 October 2009 | Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua | |
| José Sánchez Chávez | PRI | Former municipal president | 16 October 2009 | Tiquicheo, Michoacán | |
| Aurelio Fausto Cháidez Chavarín | N/A | Former municipal president | 9 January 2010 | Culiacán, Sinaloa | |
| Ramón Mendívil Sotelo | PRI | Municipal president | 18 February 2010 | Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua | |
| Manuel Estrada Escalante | PRI | Municipal president | 23 February 2010 | Mezquital Municipality, Durango | |
| José Santiago Agustín | PRI | Municipal president | 28 April 2010 | Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero | |
| Abel Uribe Landa | PRI | Former municipal president | 3 May 2010 | Tetipac, Guerrero | |
| José Mario Guajardo Varela | PAN | Candidate for municipal presidency | 12 May 2010 | Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas | |
| Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez | PRI | Municipal president | 19 June 2010 | Guadalupe Municipality, Chihuahua, Chihuahua | |
| Óscar Venancio Martínez Rivera | PRI | Municipal president | 19 June 2010 | San José del Progreso, Oaxaca | |
| Rodolfo Torre Cantú | PRI | Candidate for governor | 28 June 2010 | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | |
| Enrique Blackmore Smer | PRI | Deputy (legislator) | 28 June 2010 | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | |
| Nicolás García Ambrosio | PRD | Municipal president | 30 June 2010 | Santo Domingo, Oaxaca | |
| Romero Núñez Montiel | Compromise for Puebla (coalition party) | Candidate for municipal presidency | 3 July 2010 | Jolalpan, Puebla | |
| Alberto Herrera Casillas | N/A | Former municipal president | 10 July 2010 | Tecalitlán, Jalisco | |
| Edelmiro Cavazos Leal | PAN | Municipal president | 18 August 2010 | Santiago, Nuevo León | |
| Marco Antonio Leal García | PRI | Municipal president | 29 August 2010 | Hidalgo, Tamaulipas | |
| Alexander López García | PRI | Municipal president | 8 September 2010 | El Naranjo, San Luis Potosí | |
| Prisciliano Rodríguez Salinas | PRI | Municipal president | 23 September 2010 | Doctor González, Nuevo León | |
| Gustavo Sánchez Cervantes | N/A | Interim municipal president | 27 September 2010 | Uruapan, Michoacán | |
| Antonio Jiménez Baños | PRI | Municipal president-elect | 8 October 2010 | Mártires de Tacubaya, Oaxaca | |
| José Felipe García | N/A | Municipal president | 16 October 2010 | Cruillas, Tamaulipas | |
| Rito Grado Serrano | N/A | Municipal president | 17 October 2010 | Praxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua | |
| Jaime Lozoya Ávila | PRD | Municipal president | 6 November 2010 | San Bernardo, Durango | |
| Gregorio Barradas Miravete | PAN | Municipal president | 9 November 2010 | Juan Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz | |
| Omar Manzur | PAN | Municipal president pro tempore | 9 November 2010 | Juan Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz | |
| Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos | PRI | Former governor | 21 November 2010 | Colima, Colima | |
| Saúl Vara Rivera | PRI | Municipal president | 5 January 2011 | Zaragoza, Coahuila | |
| Abraham Ortiz Rosales | PVEM | Municipal president | 11 January 2011 | Temoac, Morelos | |
| Luis Jiménez Mata | N/A | Municipal president | 13 January 2011 | Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca | |
| Juan Carlos Guardado Méndez | PT | Former municipal president | 4 February 2011 | Fresnillo, Zacatecas | |
| Adán Ocampo Ortiz | PAN | Municipality director | 9 February 2011 | Chinameca, Veracruz | |
| Saturnino Valdez Llanos | PRI | Municipal president | 12 February 2011 | Tampico Alto, Veracruz | |
| José Luis Prieto Torres | N/A | Former municipal president | 22 February 2011 | Allende, Chihuahua | |
| Enrique Chávez Gómez | PRD | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 28 February 2011 | Saucillo, Chihuahua | |
| Mario Chuc Aguilar | N/A | Former municipal president | 10 March 2011 | Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo | |
| Enterbio Reyes Bello | N/A | Former municipal president | 7 April 2011 | Copanatoyac, Guerrero | |
| Silvia Moreno Leal | N/A | Former municipal president | 14 May 2011 | Balleza, Chihuahua | |
| Fernando Duarte Flores | N/A | Former municipal president | 18 May 2011 | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas | |
| Alfonso López Vázquez | N/A | Former municipal president | 27 May 2011 | Jalapa, Tabasco | |
| Eduardo García Delgado | PRI | Former municipal president | 7 June 2011 | Lerdo de Tejada, Veracruz | |
| Gonzalo Amador Ortega | PAN | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 24 June 2011 | Huauchinango, Puebla | |
| Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela | PAN | Former candidate for deputy; State delegate for the PAN | 21 July 2011 | Villa Juárez, Sonora | |
| Fortino Cortés Sandoval | N/A | Municipal president | 28 July 2011 | Florencia de Benito Juárez, Zacatecas | |
| José Eduviges Nava Altamirano | PT | Municipal president | 20 August 2011 | Zacualpan, State of Mexico / Teloloapan, Guerrero | |
| Luz María García Villagrán | N/A | Municipal president | 24 August 2011 | Gran Morelos, Chihuahua | |
| Gustavo Pacheco Villaseñor | PRI | Former municipal president | 15 September 2011 | Tuxtepec, Oaxaca | |
| Moisés Villanueva de la Luz | PRI | Deputy (legislator) | 17 September 2011 | Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero | |
| Ricardo Guzmán Romero | PAN | Municipal president | 2 November 2011 | La Piedad, Michoacán | |
| Roberto Miguel Galván | N/A | Former municipal president | 19 November 2011 | Tepetzintla, Veracruz | |
| Fortunato Ruiz Blázquez | N/A | Former municipal president | 12 December 2011 | Ixhuacán, Veracruz | |
| José Martínez Mendoza | N/A | Former municipal president | 21 December 2011 | Cosalá, Sinaloa | |
| Porfirio Flores Ayala | PRI | Former municipal president | 31 December 2011 | Cuernavaca, Morelos | |
| Arturo García Solano | PRD | Former candidate for deputy (legislator) | 10 March 2012 | Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí | |
| Alfonso Peña Peña | PAN | Former municipal president | 16 March 2012 | Tepehuanes, Durango | |
| Francisco García Girard | PRI | Former municipal president | 14 April 2012 | Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua | |
| Rafael Landa Fernández | N/A | Municipal president pro tempore | 18 April 2012 | Atzalan, Veracruz | |
| Horacio Barquín Cevallos | PRI | Municipal president pro tempore | 28 April 2012 | Taxco, Guerrero | |
| Rafael Ariza Bibiano | PRD | Former municipal president | 2 June 2012 | Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero | |
| Margarito Genchi Casiano | PRD | Candidate for Deputy (legislator) | 11 June 2012 | Florencio Villarreal, Guerrero | |
| Marisol Mora Cuevas | PAN | Municipal president | 28 June 2012 | Loma Bonita, Oaxaca | |
| Pedro Filemón Luis Hernández | N/A | Municipal president pro tempore | 2 August 2012 | San Miguel Tilquiapam, Oaxaca | |
| Nadin Torralba Mejía | PRI | Municipal president | 5 August 2012 | Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero | |
| Rodolfo Leal Alanís | Social Democratic Party | Former candidate for Deputy | 7 August 2012 | Escobedo, Nuevo León | |
| Wilfrido Campos González | PRI | Former deputy (legislator) | 8 August 2012 | Matamoros, Tamaulipas | |
| Édgar Morales Pérez | PRI | Municipal president-elect | 12 August 2012 | Matehuala, San Luis Potosí | |
| Ignacio Pérez Rodríguez | PRD | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 18 August 2012 | Tamuín, San Luis Potosí | |
| Nahum Tress Manica | PRI | Former municipal president | 28 August 2012 | Isla, Veracruz | |
| Hernán Belden Elizondo | PAN | Former deputy (legislator) | 7 September 2012 | Santa Catarina, Nuevo León | |
| Miguel Jaimes Palacios | N/A | Former municipal president | 8 September 2012 | Tierra Caliente, Guerrero | |
| Eduardo Castro Luque | PRI | Deputy-elect | 14 September 2012 | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora | |
| Jaime Serrano Cedillo | PRI | Deputy (legislator) | 16 September 2012 | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico | |
| Lorenzo Salinas Mendoza | N/A | Former municipal president | 26 September 2012 | Santa María Temaxcaltepec, Oaxaca | |
| Raúl Antonio Rodríguez Barrera | PRI | Former municipal president | 31 October 2012 | Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas | |
| María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar | PRD | Former municipal president | 16 November 2012 | Cuitzeo, Michoacán |
Presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto
| Name | Political Party | Position | Date | Location | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Piña de Luna | PRD | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 15 December 2012 | Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí | |
| Amalia Terán Rubio | PAN | Deputy pro tempore | 16 December 2012 | Huehuetlán, San Luis Potosí | |
| Pablo Antonio Pintor | PRI | Former municipal president | 16 December 2012 | Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí | |
| Miguel Ángel Farfán Ortega | PRI | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 18 December 2012 | Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán | |
| Ignacio Domínguez Carranza | PAN | Former candidate for municipal presidency | 18 January 2013 | Tlaquiltenango, Morelos | |
| Wilfrido Flores Villa | N/A | Interim municipal president | 4 February 2013 | Nahuatzen, Michoacán | |
| Jesús Manuel Landero | PRI | Candidate for municipal president | 18 February 2013 | Lerdo, Durango | |
| Enrique Marín Lara | PAN | Former municipal president | 22 February 2013 | Soledad de Doblado, Veracruz | |
| Francisco David Carrasco Carnero | PAN | Former municipal president | 23 February 2013 | Julimes, Chihuahua | |
| Feliciano Martínez Bautista | N/A | Municipal president | 25 March 2013 | San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca | |
| José René Garrido Rocha | PRI | Municipal president | 20 April 2013 | San Salvador el Verde, Oaxaca | |
| Celestino Félix Vázquez Luis | N/A | Municipal president | 4 June 2013 | San Miguel Tilquiapam, Oaxaca | |
| Jaime Orozco Maxdigal | PRI | Candidate for municipal presidency | 11 June 2013 | Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua | |
| Guillermo Maceda Cervantes | PRD | Pre-candidate for municipal president | 15 June 2013 | Tlacoachistlahuaca, Guerrero | |
| Isaac López Rojas | Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN) | Candidate of municipal president pro tempore | 15 June 2013 | Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz | |
| José Ramírez Román | PRI | Former municipal president | 21 June 2013 | Saín Alto, Zacatecas | |
| Francisco Navarro Montenegro | PFCRN | Former candidate for governor | 29 June 2013 | Saltillo, Coahuila | |
| Ricardo Reyes Zamudio | Citizens' Movement | Candidate for municipal president | 1 July 2013 | Durango, Durango | |
| Víctor Tapia Ocampo | N/A | Former municipal president | 14 August 2013 | Tetecala, Morelos | |
| Gabriel Gómez Michel | PRI | Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress | 22 or 23 September 2014 | Zacatecas | |
| Aidé Nava González | PRD | Pre-candidate for municipal president | 11 March 2015 | Ahuacutzingo, Guerrero | |
| Ulises Fabian Quiroz | PRI | Candidate for municipal president | 1 May 2015 | Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero | |
| Enrique Hernandez | MORENA | Candidate for municipal president | 14 May 2015 | Yurécuaro, Michoacan | |
| Gisela Mota Ocampo | PRD | Deputy of LXII Legislature and the Mayor of Temixco | 2 January 2016 | Temixco, Morelos | |
| Juan Antonio Mayen Saucedo | PAN | Municipal president | 22 April 2016 | Jilotzingo, State of Mexico | |
| Domingo Lopez Gonzalez | Municipal president | 25 June 2016 | San Juan Chamula, Chiapas | ||
| Narciso Lunes Hernandez | Vice municipal president | 25 June 2016 | San Juan Chamula, Chiapas | ||
| Ambrosio Soto Duarte | Municipal president | 25 June 2016 | Pungabarato, Guerrero | ||
| Jose Santa Maria Zavala | Municipal president | 1 August 2016 | Huehuetlan El Grande, Puebla | ||
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| Jesús Dámaso Baños Tapia | Former municipal president | 23 December 2016 | San Juan Cacahuatepec, Oaxaca | ||
| Julio Filogonio López Quiroz | MORENA | Former municipal president | 15 January 2017 | San Andrés Huaxpaltepec, Oaxaca | |
| Antolin Vital Martinez | Municipal president | 24 January 2017 | Tepexco, Puebla | ||
| Amado Islas Espejel | PRD | Former municipal president | 25 February 2017 | Tepetlaoxtoc de Hidalgo, State of Mexico | |
| Francisco Tecuchillo Neri | PRD | Former mayor of Zitlala, Guerrero | 13 October 2017 | Chilapa, Guerrero | |
| Ranferi Hernandez Acevedo | PRD | Social activist and politician | 14 October 2017 | Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero | |
| Victor Manuel Espinoza Tolentino | N/A | Mayor | 26 November 2017 | Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz | |
| Francisco Rojas San Román | PRI | Federal deputy (2009-2012) | 5 February 2018 | Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico | |
| Aarón Varela Martínez | MORENA | Candidate for mayor | 1 March 2018 | Santa Clara Ocoyucan, Cholula, Puebla | |
| Jose Remedios Aguirre | MORENA | Candidate for Mayor, former municipal chief of security | 11 May 2018 | Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato | |
| Fernando Purón Johnston | PRI | Candidate for deputy, former mayor of Piedras Negras | 8 June 2018 | Piedras Negras, Coahuila |
Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
| Name | Political Party | Position | Date | Location | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Aparicio Santiago Perfecto Hernández Gutiérrez | MORENA | Municipal President of Tlaxiaco Alderman of Tlaxiaco | 1 January 2019 | Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca (near City Hall) | |
| María Ascención Torres Cruz | MORENA | Local official | 1 January 2019 | Morelos | |
| Cutberto Porcayo Sánchez | MORENA | local party leader | 3 January 2019 | Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca | |
| José Almanza Alcaine | Citizens' Movement | former alderman and candidate of for municipal president | 17 January 2019 | Tlaquiltenango, Morelos | |
| Rodrigo Segura Guerrero | PES | local official | 21 March 2019 | Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico | |
| Jorge Dominguez Alvarez | son of the mayor | 26 March 2019 | Paraíso, Tabasco | ||
| Sergio Armando Hernández Vega | Former Secretary of President Enrique Peña Nieto's bodyguard | 17 April 2019 | State of Mexico | ||
| David Eduardo Otlica Avilés | PRD | Municipal president | 23 April 2019 | Nahuatzen, Michoacán | |
| Maricela Vallejo Orea Efrén Zopiyactle Tlaxcaltécatl | MORENA | Mayor Municipal treasurer | 24 April 2019 | Altamirano, Veracruz | |
| Humberto Adame Castillo | PAN | Brother of former governor Marco Antonio Adame | Body found 16 May 2019 | Alpuyeca, Xochitepec, Morelos | |
| Eusebio Martinez | PES | Alderman | 12 July 2019 | Los Reyes Acaquilpan, La Paz, State of Mexico | |
| Victor Hugo Padilla Nava | Police chief | 12 July 2019 | Pilcaya, Guerrero | ||
| Fernando Tinoco Cervantes | representative of the Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB) | 19 July 2019 | Huejotzingo, Puebla | ||
| Bertha Silva Díaz | MORENA | Former candidate for local deputy | 9 August 2019 | Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero | |
| Carmela Parral Santos Hugo Castellanos Ortega | PRD | Mayor local official | 16 August 2019 | San José Estancia Grande, Oaxaca | |
| Orencio Bello Sánchez | MORENA PES | Former candidate for mayor | 21 August 2019 | Chilapa, Guerrero | |
| Francisco García Ramírez | MORENA | Alderman | 24 September 2019 | Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato | |
| José Luis Saucillo Méndez | PAN | Alderman | 25 September 2019 | Comonfort, Guanajuato | |
| Santiago Maravatío | PAN | Alderman | 28 October 2019 | Santiago Maravatío, Guanajuato | |
| Francisco Tenorio Contreras | PRD | Mayor | 29 October 2019 | Valle de Chalco, State of Mexico | |
| Óscar Ramírez Pedrote | PT | Party leader, brother of alderman | 2 November 2019 | Acapulco, Guerrero | |
| Juan Gabriel Rodríguez Salinas | PRI | Former mayor | 3 November 2019 | Santiago Llano Grande, Oaxaca | |
| Juan Carlos Molina Palacios | PRI | Deputy | 9 November 2019 | Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz | |
| Hugo Estefanía Monroy | PRD | Former mayor | 30 November 2019 | Cortazar, Guanajuato | |
| Lorenzo Barajas Heredia | PRD | Former mayor | 13 December 2019 | Buenavista, Michoacán | |
| Fidel Fernández Figueroa | PRI (Former) PVEM (Former) MORENA | Councilman | 22 December 2019 | Papaloapan Region, Oaxaca | |
| Arturo García Velázquez Javier Terrero | MORENA | Mayor Trustee | 23 December 2019 | San Felipe de Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca | |
| Luciano Moreno López | PRI | Former mayor | 31 December 2019 | Cochoapa el Grande, Guerrero | |
| Erik Juárez Blanquet | PRD | Former federal deputy | March 10, 2020 | Michoacan | |
| Obed Durón Gomez | Municipal President | 8 April 2020 | Mahahual, Quintana Roo | ||
| Luis Alfonzo Robles Contreras | Former Municipal President | 15 May 2020 | Magdalena de Kino, Sinaloa | ||
| Alfonso Isaac Gamboa Lozano | PRI | Former Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) | 21 May 2020 | Temixco, Morelos | |
| Oswaldo García Vallejo | Police chief | 31 May 2020 | Jalostotitlán, Jalisco | ||
| Francis Anel Bueno Sánchez | MORENA | Local deputy | 3 June 2020 | Ixtlahuacán, Colima | |
| Ángel Fuentes Olivares ("El Pato") | Former state attorney general | 3 June 2020 | Veracruz | ||
| Joel Negrete Barrera | MORENA | Former candidate for Municipal President | 25 June 2020 | Abasolo, Guanajuato | |
| Francisco Javier Fierro Torres | Local office-holder | 12 July 2020 | Choix, Sinaloa | ||
| Herón Sarabia Mendoza | MORENA | Local party leader | 20 August 2020 | Tlapehuala, Guerrero | |
| Florisel Ríos Delfín | PRD | Municipal president | 10 November 2020 | Jamapa, Veracruz | |
| Aristóteles Sandoval | PRI | Former Governor of Jalisco | 18 December 2020 | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco | |
| Juan Antonio Acosta Cano | PAN | Deputy in Congress of Guanajuato | 12 January 2021 | Guanajuato, Guanajuato | |
| Leobardo Ramos Lázaro | Municipal president of Chahuites | 4 February 2021 | Chahuites, Oaxaca | ||
| Gladys Merlín Castro | PRI | Former mayor | 15 February 2021 | Cosoleacaque, Veracruz | |
| Ignacio Sánchez Cordero | MORENA and PVEM | candidate for mayor of Puerto Morelos | 25 February 2021 | Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo | |
| Melquiades Vázquez Lucas (″El Pantera″) | PRI | candidate for mayor of La Perla | 4 March 2021 | La Perla, Veracruz | |
| Yuriel Armando González Lara | PRI | candidate for mayor of Nuevo Casas Grandes | 4 March 2021 | Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua | |
| Cecilia Yépiz Reyna | Former Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology of Nogales | 6 March 2021 (body found on this date) | Nogales, Sonora | ||
| Ivonne Gallegos | PAN | Candidate for mayor of Ocotlán de Morelos | 20 March 2021 | Ocotlán de Morelos | |
| Mayco Fabián Tapia Quiñones | Candidate for deputy | 24 March 2021 | Monterrey | ||
| Alejandro Galicia Juárez | PRD | Candidate for alderman | 31 March 2021 | Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato | |
| Altamirano Gonzalo Elías Zopiyactle | Former mayor | 2 April 2021 body found on this date | Mixtla, Puebla | ||
| Francisco Gerardo Rocha Chávez | PVEM | Candidate for local deputy | 24 April 2021 | Victoria, Tamaulipas | |
| Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez | Citizens' Movement | Former member of Chamber of Deputies and Attorney General of Sonora | 13 May 2021 | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora | |
| Alma Rosa Barragán | Citizens' Movement | Candidate for municipal president of Moroleon | 25 May 2021 | Moroleón, Guanajuato | |
| Gisela Gaytán | MORENA | Candidate for municipal president of Celaya | 1 April 2024 | Celaya, Guanajuato | |
| Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda | PRI | Former mayor of Culiacán, former Rector of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, and deputy-elect | 25 July 2024 | Culiacán, Sinaloa |
Presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum
| Name | Political Party | Position | Date | Location | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Arcos | PRI | Mayor of Chilpancingo | 6 October 2024 | Chilpancingo, Guerrereo | |
| Carlos Manzo Rodríguez | Independent | 1 November | Municipal president of Uruapan, Michoacán | Shot during a Day of the Dead festival in Uruapan's city center. |
See also
- History of Mexico
- Political murder
- List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico
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