Mexican mayor gunned down during Day of Dead celebrations
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The mayor of Uruapan was assassinated on Saturday night during a Day of the Dead event in the city's main square.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration, a brazen killing that has sparked national outrage.
The murder of the mayor of Uruapan on Saturday night triggered protests in that city in Michoacán as well as state capital Morelia.