Suspected hitmen shoot another Mexican mayor

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen shot and critically wounded a mayor-elect in Mexico on Friday, the second attack on a public official in less than 24 hours.

Ricardo Solis, the recently elected mayor of the small town of Gran Morelos' in the northern state of Chihuahua, was shot in the head and chest by gunmen who drove up in two SUVs, the local attorney general's office said.