deaths
January 2, 2016
Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (born 1982)
Gisela Mota Ocampo
Gisela Raquel Mota Ocampo was the assassinated first female mayor of Temixco, in the Mexican state of Morelos. Affiliated with the PRD, she won the mayoral elections in June 2015. She took office on 1 January 2016 but was killed the following day. Mota Ocampo had also served as plurinominal deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Morelos.
Temixco
Temixco is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is in the west-northwest part of the state, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Cuernavaca and 85 kilometres (53 mi) from Mexico City.
January 2
January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.