Gisela Mota Ocampo Explained

Gisela Mota Ocampo
Office1:Mayor of Temixco
Term Start1:1 January 2016
Term End1:2 January 2016
Predecessor1:Miguel Ángel Colín Nava
Successor1:Irma Camacho
Term Start2:1 September 2012
Term End2:1 August 2015
Birth Date:1982 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
Death Place:Pueblo Viejo, Temixco
Occupation:Politician

Gisela Raquel Mota Ocampo (13 March 1982 – 2 January 2016) was the assassinated first female mayor of Temixco, in the Mexican state of Morelos. Affiliated with the PRD, she won the mayoral elections in June 2015. She took office on 1 January 2016 but was killed the following day.[1] Mota Ocampo had also served as plurinominal deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Morelos.[2]

Personal life

Mota Ocampo was arrested in October 2015 following a vehicle collision in which she was drunk driving.[3] She subsequently assaulted a traffic officer, attempted to avoid payment for damages on the basis of being mayor-elect and insulted several individuals.[4] Videos of this incident went viral in Mexico.[4]

Assassination

On the morning of 2 January 2016, the day following her inauguration as mayor, at least four armed men entered her home in Pueblo Viejo, where they shot and killed Mota Ocampo in the doorway.[5] Moments later, the police pursued and killed two of the gunmen and arrested the other two.[6] [7]

Following Mota Ocampo's death, Morelos Governor Graco Ramírez called for three days of mourning in the state and ordered all flags in state buildings to be lowered to half-mast. Ramírez also ordered heightened security among all of the state's mayors.[8]

Mota Ocampo's murderers were believed to be connected to a drugs cartel called Los Rojos, because she refused to allow the gang to operate within her jurisdiction.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 5 January 2016 . Mayor of Temixco municipality killed by drug gang . 19 March 2019 . The Economist.
  2. Web site: Perfil del legislador. Legislative Information System. 2013-12-03.
  3. Web site: Detienen a alcaldesa electa por chocar alcoholizada. El Universal. 12 October 2015 . es.
  4. Web site: Detienen a alcaldesa de Temixco por choque mientras conducía posiblemente ebria. 12 October 2015 . SDPNoticias. 4 January 2016.
  5. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/01/02/atacan-domicilio-de-alcaldesa-de-temixco-3922.html Asesinan a alcaldesa de Temixco; ayer había asumido el cargo
  6. News: Ellis. Ralph. Brocchetto. Marilia. Mexican mayor slain one day after taking office. 2016-01-03. CNN. 3 January 2016.
  7. News: Mayor killed after less than a day in office. 2016-01-03. Mexico News Daily. 2 January 2016. 2021-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210226094239/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-killed-after-less-than-a-day-in-office/. dead.
  8. News: Sherman. Christopher. Verza. Maria. 3 Held in Slaying of Mexico Mayor a Day After Taking Office. 4 January 2016. ABC News. Associated Press. 3 January 2016.