Female Mexican Mayor Executed Along Roadside

Famously survived 2 assassination attempts by drug cartels

She had survived two assassination attempts which claimed the life of her first husband and left her with horrific wounds that never really healed.

But despite being a marked woman, Maria Santos Gorrostieta remained defiant to the very end.

With unimaginable courage, the 36-year-old stood up to the drugs gangs that had ravaged Mexico and Tiquicheo, the district where she once served as mayor.

When some doubted that she had been shot, Gorrostieta bared the scars that riddled her flesh and swore she would never give in.

'Please spare my little girl': How Mexico's fearless female mayor sacrificed herself to save her daughter's life as she was abducted by drug gang, tortured and executed

Maria Santos Gorrostieta had been stabbed, beaten and burned

She defied Mexico's powerful drug gangs, who twice tried to gun her down

She was kidnapped in broad daylight in front of her terrified daughter

The former mayor leaves behind three children


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