18 dead, including the mayor, in an attack in the municipality of Guerrero

() — At least 18 people were killed, including the mayor of a town in southern Mexico, after an armed attack on the mayor’s office, according to the peace coordinator for the state of Guerrero.

The group said armed civilians entered the San Miguel Totolapan city hall on Wednesday and began shooting. Two people were also injured in the incident, he added.

Both the mayor of San Miguel Totolapan, Conrado Mendoza Almeda, and the former mayor died in the attack, says the statement from the Coordination Table for the Construction of Peace in Guerrero.

State Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda said she “deeply regrets” Almeda’s death in a series of tweets Wednesday.

“Our commitment is firm, we will not take a step back to provide security to the population of San Miguel Totolapan and our entire region of Tierra Caliente,” Salgado Pineda wrote.

He said he had instructed the state public security secretary to visit the town hall where the incident occurred and asked the state attorney general to promptly investigate the attack.