San Miguel Yogovana Mayor Killed in Oaxaca Night Attack
Eduardo S. L., the 65‑year‑old mayor of San Miguel Yogovana in the Miahuatlán district of Oaxaca, was shot dead during a night patrol on Sunday. While investigating two suspicious motorcycles parked outside a house, he asked police support; the occupants emerged and opened fire, killing him on the spot.
The Oaxaca State Attorney General’s Office (FGEO) secured the scene, seized the motorcycles, and said forensic and intelligence work has fully identified the probable perpetrators. Coordinated operations by the state security cabinet continue to locate and arrest the suspects.
The killing marks the sixth municipal president murdered in Governor Salomón Jara Cruz’s administration, underscoring a wave of political violence in the state.