Since 2003 were killed 40 current and 32 former mayors.
The motive for the attack is not yet known.
In the Mexican state of Puebla shot the mayor Huehuetlan El Grande Jose Santos Maria Zavala. This is the third mayor killed in the country over the last two weeks.
He was found dead in his car. His Secretary, who was traveling in the same car, at the crime scene, when there arrived the police, was not. Her whereabouts are currently unknown. Not called yet and the motive for the attack.
Last year the Dam was beaten, robbed and held hostage in their own home local gangsters.
In July from the hands of criminals killed two of the mayor Mexican cities, one of which has repeatedly appealed to the Central authorities asking for protection after threats from members of the mafia.
According to the Association of mayors of Mexico, since 2003 had been killed with 40 mayors, only seven people elected, but failed to enter into the office of mayor, and 32 former head of the city.
In January of this year, the mayor of the city of Temixco in Morelos state, was shot dead in front of his family less than a day after she assumed her duties.
