The Electoral and Citizen Participation Institute (IEPC) of Guerrero has received 40 security requests for candidates to municipal presidents and local councils within the framework of the electoral process 2023-2024.
The president of the IEPC, Luz Fabiola Matildes Gama, reported that the candidates for the municipal presidency who until now have requested measures are from the municipalities of: Huamuxtitlán, Alcozauca, Pilcaya, Cochoapa, Zihuatanejo, Eduardo Neri, Metlatónoc, Acapulco, Leonardo Bravo, Cuajinicuilapa, Tlapa, Xalpatlahuac, Iguala, San Nicolás, Igualapa, Copanatoyac, San Marcos, Cuautepec and Florencio Villarreal.
Who are the candidates who have requested protection in the 2024 elections?
He added that the candidates for local councils are from the districtss 15 with header in San Luis Acatlán, 21 with header in Taxco de Alarcón9 with header in Acapulco23 with head in Huitzuco de los Figueroa, 25 with head in Chilapa and district 13 with head in San Marcos.
The electoral official explained that when applications are received “immediately” They are transferred to the State Public Security Secretariat (SSP) and it is up to the agency to determine whether they are granted or not, so The electoral body does not know how many measures have been granted.
Recently, in a meeting with members of the Coordination Table for the Construction of Peace, in which the heads of the state and federal security agencies participate, it was agreed that The National Guard (GN) will also participate in the protection of the candidates and candidates who are granted security measures, so there will be 280 elements from that institution for that task.
What have been the attacks on candidates in Guerrero?
Until this moment, in Guerrero has a record of the murder of 5 candidates for municipal presidents, as well as one to a federal Provincial Council, for which the leaders of several political parties have demanded that the governments of the three levels generate security guarantees for the electoral process, with the aim of citizens going out to vote next 2 of June.
Of the latest acts of violence that have been recorded, the following stand out: the murder of the candidate for the municipal presidency of Acapulco by Morena, Ricardo Tajalast December 21.
He was also killed shot the candidate of the Labor Party (PT) for mayor of Atoyac, Costa Grande region, Alfredo González Díaz, on March 3, when he was traveling in his car on Juan N. Álvarez Boulevard in that city.
Thirteen days later, the candidate for the Chilapa government for Morena, Tomás Morales Patrón, was shot to death by armed men while arriving at his home located in the Dulce Nombre neighborhood, a few meters from the municipal police headquarters.
