Recent threats and attacks against Mexican politicians include:

July 11: A handmade banner threatens the family of Chihuahua Gov. José Reyes Baeza if changes are not made in state law enforcement personnel.

June 1: An armed group kills Mayor Marcelo Ibarra of Villa Madero, Michoacán, as he travels along a state highway.

November 2007: Gunmen kill a mayoral candidate and former mayor, Juan Guajardo, and five others outside a restaurant in Rio Bravo, near McAllen, Texas.

September 2007: City Council member Mario Espinosa of Acuña, Coahuila, is killed outside his Texas home after leaving his bodyguards on the Mexican side of the border and crossing the international bridge into Del Rio.

May 2007: Four bodyguards protecting the children of Mexico state Gov. Enrique Peña Nieto are shot to death in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz. Later, a "narco-message" is left threatening the governor.

February 2007: A federal congressman and former mayor, Horacio Garza, is injured and his driver killed in an attack in Nuevo Laredo.

Staff and wire reports

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