Mexico's fearless woman mayor who survived two drug gang assassination attempts is beaten to death and dumped by the roadside

The body of a woman once called a 'heroine of the 21st century' for fearlessly standing up to Mexico's brutal drug cartels has been found beaten to death at the side of a road. Dr Maria Santos Gorrostieta, 36, was the former mayor of Tiquicheo, a rural district in Michoacan, west of Mexico City. She leaves behind three sons. Her second husband, Nereo Delgado Patinoran, is alleged to be missing. She famously survived two assassination attempts by narcotics gangs who have turned the country into a war zone. Dr Gorrostieta had seen her government security team withdrawn in November last year, and then her police escort in January. Her brave defiance may have cost the mother-of-three her life. The official cause of death was a blow to the head but she had been stabbed, her legs and hands had been bound and her waist and chest were covered in burns, suggesting she had been tortured.

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