President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico won’t return to the violent war on drug traffickers some opponents say is necessary.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ruled out changes to her administration's security policies after the assassination of a mayor in the violent state of Michoacan.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out a new "war on drugs" as a response to the assassination of a regional mayor who was shot at a Day of the Dead celebration, a brazen killing that has sparked national outrage.

Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan in the Mexican state of Michoacan, was shot and killed during an event marking the Day of the Dead.

The incident happened just over a month after Manzo said that he didn't want to be just another Mexican mayor who got executed. In September, while speaking to local media, Carlos Manzo said,

Carlos Manzo was attacked shortly after 8 p.m. and later died from his injuries at a hospital, officials said.

Locals on Sunday mourned the death a Mexican mayor who was shot and killed during Day of the Dead festivities in the western Mexican state of Michoacán.

THIS is the moment a Mexican mayor was gunned down in front of terrified families during a Day of the Dead celebration. Chilling footage from the scene shows crowds clutching candles outside a