The investigation on the recent killing of Temixco Mayor Gisela Mota has come to a new dawn after one of the suspects confessed to the crime.

In a report by Remezcla, an alleged video of a young man confessing to the crime and tagging the group Los Rojos has been confirmed by police authorities as authentic and true. The video, of course, has censored the young man's face in order to protect him from the possible threat of also being killed. The 35-second video, according to the news outlet, significantly shed some light on the killing of Mota.

 

According to The Intercept, Mota's assailants were said to have received $29,000 as payment for killing her. Mota's death has been highly associated with an organized crime group that does not agree to her vision of fighting the crime in the city.

For the first time, Mota's mother released a statement. Mota's mother said that the mayor was very protective of her family and even said that if there were groups interested in killing her, they could, but they should also remember that she is Gisela.

Mota has just taken her oath as the new mayor of Temixco when she was shot dead in her home the next day. At least four gunmen were witnessed to have committed the crime, two of which were killed on the spot when police officers responded to the crime scene.

A new statement from the prosecutor's office revealed that the suspects' car contained some deadly ammunition, which are said to have been used for the assassination. Among the recovered guns include an Uzi submachine gun and a 9mm pistol. Some bulletproof vests were also among the recovered evidence from the car.

Temixco is known to be one of the places with the highest crime rate within the region, and with Mota's election; she vowed to go after the groups that tend to suppress the town's recovery.

In a radio interview with Graco Ramirez, Governor of Morelos, he said, "This is a message and a clear threat for the mayors who recently took office to not accept the police coordination scheme that we have supported and that is being built at a national level."

Mota is now among the list of public officials killed because of the war against crime. Mota's political party, PRD, expressed their grief, saying that Mota is a strong and brave individual who did not back down when it comes to fighting criminals.