FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT ELECTED, WOMAN MAYOR ASSASSINATED HOURS LATER: MEXICO

In a tragic turn of events, Mayor of Cotija in Michoacan state, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, was fatally shot on Monday, just hours after Mexico celebrated

In a tragic turn of events, Mayor of Cotija in Mi.choacan state, Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa, was fatally shot on Monday, just hours after Mexico celebrated the historic election of Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president, CNN reported.

Sanchez Figueroa, accompanied by her bodyguard, was returning home from a gym when assailants in a white van opened fire, leaving both victims seriously injured and later they both died at the hospital. The state attorney general's office confirmed the devastating loss and immediately initiated an investigation into the heinous crime.