Mexican official says drug gang behind killing of newly elected mayor
Family members of the slain mayor of Temixco, Gisela Mota, mourn next to her casket, during a ceremony in her honor, at the mayor’s office building of Temixco, Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 3. Mota took office as mayor of the city of on Jan. 1 and was shot at her home on Jan. 2. (Tony Rivera / AP)
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Family members mourn during the wake of the slain mayor of Temixco, Gisela Mota, at her home in Temixco, Mexico, Sunday, Jan. 3. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera) (Tony Rivera / AP)
Mourners carry the coffin of slain mayor of Temixco, Gisela Mota, to the cemetery in Pueblo Viejo, Mexico. The governor of the southern Mexican state of Morelos says the killing of the mayor was a warning by drug gangs, meant to convince other officials to reject state police control of local forces. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera) (Tony Rivera / AP)