Overview
- Homar Salas Gastélum, the newly elected head of Culiacán’s municipal workers’ union (STASAC), was gunned down Thursday morning outside his home in Brisas del Humaya after assailants fired automatic rifles, and his escort also died at the scene.
- State prosecutors cordoned the area, gathered ballistic evidence and witness accounts, and Mayor Juan de Dios Gámez condemned the killing and urged a thorough inquiry.
- The attack came days before Salas was set to take office following a February union vote in which he won 1,785 to 1,349 over rival Zayda Flores Manjarrez.
- Salas had been targeted on February 18 when gunmen strafed his house without causing injuries, a prior attack that now forms part of the case background.
- Officials have not named suspects or a motive, and local outlets differ on whether the escort was a municipal police officer as the investigation continues.