Blood in the Streets of Veracruz, Mexico as Morena-Party Member and Mayoral Candidate Assassinated Mid-Rally

🎥 The Assassination, Captured in Real Time

The attack was brazen. It occurred mid-speech, on camera, in front of dozens of supporters. There were no warnings, no demands—just a clean execution.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, herself a Morena party leader, confirmed the killing Monday morning, offering federal support to Veracruz. “We’re coordinating,” she said vaguely, promising involvement from federal and state prosecutors.

But the damage was already done—not just to Lara, but to the illusion of electoral safety in Mexico.

“No position or office is worth a person’s life,” Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle wrote on X.
“We will find those responsible for this cowardly murder.”

But in Mexico, promises like those are common. Justice? Not so much.

🩸 A Pattern of Political Bloodshed

Yesenia Lara’s murder marks yet another assassination in a grim trend of political killings during election cycles. According to the Mexican human rights group Data Cívica, over 660 politically motivated attacks took place last year alone—an all-time record.

And the perpetrators? More often than not, Mexico’s sprawling, powerful, and deeply entrenched drug cartels.