Mexican independent presidential candidate Maria de Jesus Patricio was injured in a road crash that also killed a person riding in her caravan and injured two others. The National Indigenous Council said in a brief statement on Wednesday that a vehicle carrying Patricio and 10 other people went off a highway in the state of Baja California Sur. The group said a woman it did not identify was killed and council member Francisco Grado was in serious condition. Patricio and council member Lucero Islava also had injuries, the statement said but gave no details. Patricio, a Nahua indigenous healer from Jalisco state known popularly as "Marichuy," has been running as an independent candidate seeking to get a place on the July 1 presidential ballot.

Source: dna February 15, 2018 03:11 UTC