Deadly end to Mexico election campaign as local candidate shot | BBC News

A mayoral candidate in the Mexican state of Guerrerohas been shot dead in the latest attack on an aspiringpolitician, ahead of this weekend's elections.

Alfredo Cabrera, who was running for mayor in thetown of Coyuca de Benítez, was killed by a gunman at a campaign rally.

The run-up to the vote, in which a new president aswell as members of the legislature, nine governors andalmost 20,000 local officials will be chosen, has beenthe most violent in recent history.

More than 20 candidates have been killed andhundreds more have been threatened.