The governor of the southern state of Guerrero said assailants fatally shot the organizer of the annual fair in the state capital of Chilpancingo.

An organizer of a Christmas fair in Mexico was shot to death outside of a church during the Christmas Eve festivities Tuesday. Martin Ramirez Ruiz, board president of the Christmas fair in the

The organizer of Chilpancingo's historic Christmas fair was shot and killed during a public event on Christmas Eve, marking the latest tragedy in Mexico's escalating wave of gang violence. Chilpancingo,

Gunmen killed the fair organizer on Christmas Eve in a public square in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, state prosecutors say. The city has been plagued by violence between two rival drug gangs.