Mexican politician beheaded, family slain
AFP
MEXICO CITY - A local politician was brutally slain along with his wife and two sons, officials and media in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco said Sunday.
Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, was beheaded; his sons, ages eight and 10, were suffocated; and his wife was shot in the head, local news media said citing police sources.
Beheadings and suffocations, often with plastic bags taped over the victim's heads, are the grisly trademark of criminals involved in Mexico's drug cartels.
Fuentes had nearly 40 percent support against 21 percent for his closest rival for the October 18 election, Tabasco media reported.
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