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Mexican Election Candidate Launches Campaign From Coffin By AFP News
on April 07 2021 12:09 PM
A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin Tuesday to highlight the country s many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence. Mexican congressional candidate Carlos Mayorga launches his campaign from inside a coffin to send a message to politicians that people are dying because of their indifference AFP / HERIKA MARTINEZ
Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate for the Encuentro Solidario party in the northern state of Chihuahua, said he was sending a message to politicians that people were dying because of their indifference.
Candidate in Mexico launches poll campaign from coffin to protest Covid, cartel-related deaths Agence France-Presse
A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin Tuesday to highlight the country s many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence.
Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate for the Encuentro Solidario party in the northern state of Chihuahua, said he was sending a message to politicians that people were dying because of their indifference.
He was accompanied by aides dressed in personal protective equipment and carrying bouquets of flowers to draw attention to Mexico s Covid-19 death toll of more than 200,000 one of the world s highest.