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Copala, Guerrero

Coordinates: 16°39′N 98°59′W / 16.650°N 98.983°W / 16.650; -98.983
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Copala
Municipal seat and city
Copala is located in Guerrero
Copala
Copala
Location in Mexico
Copala is located in Mexico
Copala
Copala
Copala (Mexico)
Coordinates: 16°39′N 98°59′W / 16.650°N 98.983°W / 16.650; -98.983
Country Mexico
StateGuerrero
MunicipalityCopala
Government
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)

Copala is a city and the seat of the municipality of Copala, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.[1]

In June 2024, Salvador Villalba Flores, the mayor-elect of the town from the México Avanza party, was assassinated in the town while traveling on a bus to Mexico City. Local media also reported Villalba had decided to run for mayor after his friend, a candidate, was murdered in June 2023.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on December 23, 2008
  2. ^ Staff, A. O. L. (2024-06-17). "Mayor-elect pulled off bus and shot dead near Acapulco". www.aol.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.