Overview
- Municipal police on patrol in Colonia San Rafael heard a gunshot Thursday and found Marco Antonio “Kito” Franco Palomera, a Movimiento Ciudadano councilor, dead from gunfire.
- The state forensic institute recovered the body, and the Jalisco prosecutor opened a homicide case with no arrests reported.
- State security coordinator Roberto Alarcón confirmed the discovery at the weekly security briefing in Guadalajara.
- Movimiento Ciudadano’s Jalisco committee mourned his death and urged authorities to clarify the case, noting he twice ran for mayor and worked closely with residents.
- The killing is the second of an MC councilor in Jalisco in 2026, and La Crónica reports three party councilors slain in less than a year statewide.