A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin Tuesday to highlight the country’s many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence.
Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate for the Encuentro Solidario party in the northern state of Chihuahua, said he was sending a message to politicians that people were dying “because of their indifference.”
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