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Mexican candidate, his wife and 2 sons killed

Gunmen have killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their southern Mexico home.

Gunmen have killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their southern Mexico home.

Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon was found dead along with his wife and his 9- and 13-year-old sons. The former university rector was widely known in the capital of Tabasco state.

The state government is offering to provide protection for any candidate who wants it ahead of next month's election.

The state's attorney general didn't offer a possible motive or how the family was killed, but said they were carried out with "cruelty and viciousness."

Local and state politicians have increasingly become victims of violence that has cost over 13,500 lives since Mexico launched an offensive against drug cartels in late 2006.