Assassinations Since January 2024, at least 27 aspiring candidates for political office have been killed, while at least 828 non-lethal attacks on candidates have been recorded. This has led to the government providing security guards to around 560 candidates and election officials. In
Maravatío,
Michoacán, Dagoberto García, the head of the MORENA party in the municipality and an aspiring candidate for mayor, disappeared in October 2023 and was found dead the following month. On 26 February 2024, Miguel Ángel Zavala, another aspiring mayoral candidate of MORENA in the town, was found fatally shot in his car. The following day, Armando Pérez Luna, the PAN's mayoral candidate in the same city, was also found shot dead in his car. On 5 January, the PRI candidate for mayor of
Suchiate, Chiapas, and the
Citizens' Movement candidate for mayor in
Armeria, Colima, were killed in separate attacks. In
Guerrero, Alfredo González, a mayoral candidate in
Atoyac de Álvarez, was killed in early March, followed by Tomás Morales, a prospective mayoral candidate of MORENA in
Chilapa de Álvarez, on 12 March. In late March, the mayor of
Churumuco, Michoacán, was shot dead in
Morelia. On 1 April,
Bertha Gisela Gaytán, a mayoral candidate for MORENA, was shot dead while campaigning outside
Celaya,
Guanajuato, along with city council candidate Adrián Guerrero. On 19 April, Noé Ramos Ferretiz, the joint PAN-PRI mayoral candidate for
Ciudad Mante,
Tamaulipas, was found fatally stabbed, while Alberto García, a mayoral candidate in
San José Independencia,
Oaxaca, was found beaten to death. On 16 May, Lucero López Maza, a mayoral candidate in
La Concordia, Chiapas, was killed along with five others during a gun attack on a campaign rally. On 28 May, Ricardo Arizmendi, an alternate mayoral candidate in
Cuautla, Morelos, was shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles. On 31 May, Jorge Huerta Cabrera, a mayoral candidate in
Izúcar de Matamoros,
Puebla, was shot dead in a gun attack at a campaign rally that also injured his wife and another person. On 1 June, authorities ordered the suspension of voting in the municipalities of
Pantelhó and
Chicomuselo in
Chiapas, citing the burning of election papers in the former by unknown individuals on 31 May and threats against poll workers by gang members. Hours before polling opened on 2 June, Israel Delgado, a candidate for the municipal council of
Cuitzeo, Michoacan, was shot dead by motorcycled gunmen. While voting was underway, two people were killed in shootings at polling stations at
Coyomeapan and in Puebla.
Disasters On 22 May, a stage being used by Citizens' Movement mayoral candidate Lorenia Canavati for a campaign rally that was also attended by presidential candidate
Jorge Álvarez Máynez was toppled by strong winds in
San Pedro Garza García,
Nuevo León, killing ten people, including a child, and injuring 213 others. Álvarez Máynez was unharmed. ==Gubernatorial races summary==