Copala, Guerrero
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Country
Mexico
MexicoCopala | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
  Copala Location in Mexico  Copala Copala (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 16°39′N 98°59′W / 16.650°N 98.983°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Copala |
| Government | |
| Time zone | UTC-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]
