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Weekly Report - 07 January 2016 (WR-16-01)
MEXICO: Morelos mayor murdered
The mayor of Temixco in the state of Morelos, Gisela Mota, was assassinated on 2 January, the day after she took office. The governor of Morelos, Graco Ramírez, claimed that the motive for Mota’s murder was her swift adoption of the federal government’s proposal of a single command for the numerous police forces operating in Mexico. This places command of municipal police forces under state governors. Ramírez argued that organised crime was trying to cow other municipal authorities yet to approve the single command initiative. Days later he passed a decree imposing the new command structure, undercutting the authority of municipal governments. This move led to accusations that Ramírez had exceeded his constitutional authority.
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