By Lizbeth Diaz

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The wife of a mayor brazenly assassinated during Day of the Dead celebrations in the violence-ridden Mexican state of Michoacan will assume her husband’s job on Wednesday, following several days of protests demanding justice for the crime.

Grecia Quiroz will replace her husband, Carlos Manzo, as mayor of Uruapan, known as Mexico’s avocado capital, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday at her daily morning press conference. The swearing-in will take place Wednesday afternoon at the state’s congress.

A hooded gunman shot and killed Manzo, 40, on Saturday night as he attended a candlelight festival in an attack that sparked national outrage, in part because of his outspoken criticism of the federal government for not doing more to fight organi

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