Gisela Mota Ocampo
Gisela Mota Ocampo | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Temixco | |
| In office 1 January 2016 – 2 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Ángel Colín Nava |
| Succeeded by | Irma Camacho |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 September 2012 – 1 August 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1982 Temixco, Morelos, Mexico |
| Died | 2 January 2016 (aged 33) Pueblo Viejo, Temixco |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Political party | PRD |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gisela Raquel Mota Ocampo (13 March 1982 – 2 January 2016) was the assassinated first female mayor of Temixco, in the Mexican state of Morelos. Affiliated with the PRD, she won the mayoral elections in June 2015. She took office on 1 January 2016 but was killed the following day.[1] Mota Ocampo had also served as plurinominal deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Morelos.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Mota Ocampo was arrested in October 2015 following a vehicle collision in which she was drunk driving.[3] She subsequently assaulted a traffic officer, attempted to avoid payment for damages on the basis of being mayor-elect and insulted several individuals.[4] Videos of this incident went viral in Mexico.[4]
Assassination
[edit]On the morning of 2 January 2016, the day following her inauguration as mayor, at least four armed men entered her home in Pueblo Viejo, where they shot and killed Mota Ocampo in the doorway.[5] Moments later, the police pursued and killed two of the gunmen and arrested the other two.[6][7]
Following Mota Ocampo's death, Morelos Governor Graco Ramírez called for three days of mourning in the state and ordered all flags in state buildings to be lowered to half-mast. Ramírez also ordered heightened security among all of the state's mayors.[8]
Mota Ocampo's murderers were believed to be connected to a drugs cartel called Los Rojos, because she refused to allow the gang to operate within her jurisdiction.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mayor of Temixco municipality killed by drug gang". The Economist. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ^ "Detienen a alcaldesa electa por chocar alcoholizada". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Detienen a alcaldesa de Temixco por choque mientras conducía posiblemente ebria". SDPNoticias. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Asesinan a alcaldesa de Temixco; ayer había asumido el cargo (in Spanish)
- ^ Ellis, Ralph; Brocchetto, Marilia (3 January 2016). "Mexican mayor slain one day after taking office". CNN. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- ^ "Mayor killed after less than a day in office". Mexico News Daily. 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- ^ Sherman, Christopher; Verza, Maria (3 January 2016). "3 Held in Slaying of Mexico Mayor a Day After Taking Office". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1982 births
- 2016 deaths
- Deaths by firearm in Mexico
- Municipal presidents in Morelos
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Morelos
- Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
- Politicians from Morelos
- Politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War
- 21st-century Mexican politicians
- Women mayors of places in Mexico
- People murdered in Mexico
- 21st-century Mexican women politicians
- People from Temixco
- Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico
- Assassinated mayors
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