A Mexican mayor has been shot dead by gangs after he blocked roads to his town to stop the spread of coronavirus, local media say.
Obed Duron Gomez, the Mayor of Mahahual was reportedly shot whilst travelling to the community of Xcalak, in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
He was travelling in a white minibus with other passengers when another vehicle pulled alongside them and opened fire. The mayor was taken to a health clinic where we underwent emergency surgery before being declared dead. Follow all coronavirus updates here on our live blog The aggressors managed to escape and investigators found 20 spent cartridges at the scene along with the vehicle allegedly used in the attack nearby.