A mayor has been shot dead in front of dozens of people in Mexico during Day Of The Dead festivities.

Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, who was the mayor of the Uruapan municipality in the violence-plagued western state of Michoacan, was shot seven times by an unidentified man on Saturday night, the authorities said.

The 40-year-old was an outspoken critic of organised crime and was attacked in the centre of Uruapan at a candlelit event as part of the festivities.

He was taken to hospital where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina.

A city council member and a bodyguard were also injured in the attack.

Image: The late mayor's coffin was carried through the crowded streets. Pic: AP

The attacker was killed at the scene and two other suspects were arrested, Mex

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