Just less than 24 hours after she presumed office, newly elected Temixco Mayor Gisela Mota was shot dead in her home in Temixco, south of Mexico City.

According to BBC, Mota has just taken her oath as the new Mayor on Jan. 1, Friday, when she was killed the next day, Jan. 2. The assailants, according to witnesses, open fired at Mota's home that instantly killed her. Police responded to the crime, wherein two of the assailants were killed and three were held for investigation after an intense pursuit.

 

In a detailed report by the Daily News, Mota was attacked inside her home at around 7:30 a.m. where she was beaten and shot in the head by at least four gunmen. At 7:50 a.m., paramedics arrived at the crime scene, declaring Mota dead on the spot.

Gov. Graco Ramirez of the Morelos State said that he is not intimidated by the crime and will continue with the investigation. On his Twitter account, Morelos said as translated by Daily News, "We will not return to before. There will be no impunity."

The planned assassination was highly related to an organized crime, citing but not mentioning a particular drug cartel syndicate within the region. Cartels, not only in the region but throughout Mexico, have targeted several politicians all for the purpose of being in control of the communities and towns in Mexico.

The Democratic Revolution Party, Mota's political alliance, released a statement saying that she's a strong and brave woman whose major platform since presuming office is her direct and frontal war against crime.

Temixco is located some 60 miles south of Mexico and has a population of more than 100,000. It is also fourth in the largest cities in Morelos. Mota's case is not a first. In fact, a mayoral candidate was also a victim of such crime. Aide Nava Gonzalez, a mayoral candidate, was killed and found in the outskirts of the town she wished to represent. In June, a mayor-elect for Guanajuato was also killed.

A U.S. department website issued a warning on traveling to Mexico, especially in the Morelos region. The warning also reminded the public how U.S. citizens have also been a victim of carjacking, kidnapping and robbery by an organized crime in some of the Mexican states.

Mayor Gisela Mota's death is not an isolated case, and politicians have expressed their grief, vowing to make sure that the assailants will be held liable.