Gisela Raquel Mota Ocampo (13 March 1982 – 2 January 2016) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the
PRD. As of 2013, she served as plurinominal deputy in the
LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
The LXII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2015. All members of both the lower and upper houses of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2012.
Senate elections
The Institutional Revolu ...
, representing
Morelos. After winning the
elections in June 2015, Mota Ocampo became mayor of
Temixco
Temixco is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at in the west-northwest part of the state.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. The municipality rep ...
on 1 January 2016, serving until her assassination the following day, on 2 January 2016. She was the first female mayor of Temixco.
Personal life
Mota Ocampo was arrested in October 2015 following a
vehicle collision in which she was
drunk driving. She subsequently assaulted a
traffic officer, attempted to avoid payment for damages on the basis of being mayor-elect and insulted several individuals.
Videos of this incident went
viral in Mexico.
Assassination
On the morning of 2 January 2016, the day following her inauguration as mayor, at least four armed men entered her home in Pueblo Viejo, where they shot and killed Mota Ocampo in the doorway. Moments later, the police pursued and killed two of the gunmen and arrested the other two.
Following Mota Ocampo's death,
Morelos Governor Graco Ramírez called for three days of mourning in the state and ordered all flags in state buildings to be lowered to
half-mast
Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. In many countries this is seen as a symbol of respect, mourning, distress, or, in some cases, a salut ...
. Ramírez also ordered heightened security among all of the state's mayors.
Mota Ocampo's murderers were believed to be connected to a drugs cartel called Los Rojos, because she refused to allow the gang to operate within her jurisdiction.
See also
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List of people from Morelos, Mexico
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References
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1982 births
2016 deaths
Deaths by firearm in Mexico
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Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
Politicians from Morelos
Politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War
21st-century Mexican politicians
Women mayors of places in Mexico
People murdered in Mexico
21st-century Mexican women politicians
People from Temixco
Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico