cnn s matt rivers looks at the violence. amara and boris, today s midterm elections here in mexico are the rgest to take place in this country. more than 20,000 candidates for a variety of offices on ballots nationwide, but the person who s being talked about with the most to perhaps gain or lose from the outcome of these elections is someone who s not even on voters ballots, mexico s president. here is abel murietta, a candidate for office. crime was his number one issue. but just one day after filming this ad, he was dead. shot and killed may 13th in broad daylight on a busy street while handing out campaign flyers. state authorities say murietta was deliberately targeted but don t know by whom. suspects or not, though, it s
well, campaigning ahead of mexico s elections was one of the most violent in years. since september, over 90 politicians have been killed. at least 35 of them were candidates in sunday s elections, including a mayoral candidate gunned down on friday. matt rivers has more on this. matt. reporter: here is abel, a candidate for local office, in the mexican municipality. crime was his number-one issue. [ speaking foreign language ] but just one day after filming this ad, he was dead. shot and killed, may 13th, in broad daylight, on a busy street, while handing out campaign flyers. state authorities say murietta was deliberately targeted but don t know by whom. suspects or not, though, it s just further proof that, in mexico, politics can be deadly.
candidates in sunday s elections. matt rivers has more on that. reporter: here is abell morieta, a candidate for local office, crime his number one issue. but just one day after filming this ad, he was dead. shot and killed may 13th in broad daylight on a busy street while handing out campaign flyers. state authorities say morieta was deliberately targeted but don t know by whom. suspects or not, though, it s just further proof that in mexico, politics can be deadly. from september of last year through may 25th, at least 88 politicians or candidates have been killed, according to mexican consulting firm ad elect consultorres. they re part of the 565 politicians or candidates
reporter: here is abel morieta, a candidate for local office, crime his number one issue. but just one day after filming this ad, he was dead. shot and killed may 13th in broad daylight on a busy street while handing out campaign flyers. state authorities say morieta was deliberately targeted but don t know by whom. suspects or not, though, it s just further proof that in mexico, politics can be deadly. from september of last year through may 25th, at least 88 politicians or candidates have been killed, according to mexican consulting firm ad elect consultorres. they re part of the 565 politicians or candidates overall that have been targeted by some sort of crime, ranging from murder to assault to threats, the firm says. the government says it believes both numbers are far lower,
just one day after filming this ad, he was dead, shot and killed may 13th in broad daylight on a busy street while handing out campaign flyers. state authorities say he was deliberately targeted but don t know by whom, suspects or not though it s further proof that is mexico politics can be deadly. from september of last year through may 25th, at least 88 politicians or candidates have been killed according to mexican consulting firm. they are part of the more than 565 politicians or candidates overall that have been targeted from some sort of crime, ranging from murder to assault to some sort of threats. the government says both numbers are far lower, though they don t say how they tallied their numbers, but still admits there s a problem.