maria santos gorrostieta was driving her young daughter to school as they were stopped.mayor was taken away by force as her daughter cried hysterically. mexican officials say when the body was found her hands were tied behind her back. body also showed signs of a severe blow to the back of her head. maria santos gorrostieta was also a medical doctor, mayor of the small community of from 2008 to 2011. this was the third time she was the victim of an attack. in 2009 her husband was shot and killed. but she survived serious gunshot wounds. after her second attack in january of 2010, she was defiant. i will rise up again as many times as god allows me to so that i can keep on seeking, fighting for, and working out plans, projects and actions for the benefit of the people, especially those most in need. she said, then, she survived by her three children and her second husband. zoraida? >> rafael, this is pretty brazen. you told us that she was kidnapped on a busy street during the morning rush hour, terrified onlookers. the bbc is reporting that two dozen mayors have been kil

maria santos gorrostieta was driving her young daughter to school as they were stopped.year-old former mayor was taken away by force, as her douaughter cried his tear clal. officials say when the body was found her hands were tied behind her back. she also showed signs of a severe blow to the back of her head. maria santos gorrostieta was also a medical doctor, and mayor of the small community of tiquicheo from 2008 to 2011. this was the third time, the third time she was a victim of an attack. during the first attack in 2009 her husband was shot and killed. but she survived serious gunshot wounds. after her second attack in january of 2010, she was defiant. she said, i will rise up again as many times as god allows me to so that i can keep on seeking, fighting for and working out plans, projects and actions for the benefit of people, especially those most in need. she is survived by her three children and her second husband. christine? >> hmm. cnn also reporting a beauty queen was killed in a shoot-out between mexican military and suspected criminals. also happened in a

tragic end to a courageous stand against one of mexico's murderous drug cartels. 36-year-old maria santos gorrostietabeing the mayor of a small town after death threat after death threat. twice they tried to assassinate her, leaving her terribly injured, killed her husband, but on the third attempt the assassinators won. reportedly she begged her killers to spare the life of her child. cnn's senior latin affairs editor rafael romo is here. i can't believe they went after her a third time here. she stepped down from her post, what, a year ago? why was she still a target? >> she finished the term. there are two possibilities authorities are looking into. one, she changed political parties right before running for a higher office that was last year after she stepped down as mayor. and number two, according to some reports in mexican media, her husband might have been involved in drug trafficking at some point in his life. again, that's not confirmed by cnn. that's what mexican media reports are saying. so right now many open questions about this case and nobody has really pinpointed the actual reason wh