BBC News - Mayor of Mexican town shot dead after death threats

BBC News - Mayor of Mexican town shot dead after death threats: "Gunmen have killed the mayor of a Mexican town on the border with the United States.
Manuel Lara Rodriguez, 48, was shot dead in Ciudad Juarez, where he had fled to a month ago after receiving death threats.
He was the mayor of Guadalupe Distrito Bravos in Chihuahua state.
Guadalupe is at the centre of a wave of violence involving rival gangs smuggling drugs to the US.
Hundreds of its residents have been killed and it is listed among the most dangerous towns in the country.
The gunmen attacked Mr Lara at the house where he had been staying in the Santa Teresa neighbourhood of Ciudad Juarez at around midday on Saturday (1630 GMT).
Police said Mr Lara was shot in front of his family, adding that they had found 11 bullet shells in his driveway."