Mexican physician and politician María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar was a Mexican politician who served as mayor of Tiquicheo, in Michoacán, from 2008 to 2011. Despite three assassination attempts during her tenure, she continued to be outspoken against organized crime. In a fourth attack, she was kidnapped and assassinated by suspected drug traffickers on 15 November 2012. Michoacán was home to several violent drug trafficking organizations such as La Familia Michoacana and the Knights Templar Cartel. Gorrostieta, a physician, had been a member of the PRI and left it for lack of support after the attacks. She had then become a member of the PRD. 732,717 views on January 3, 2016 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: List of stock market crashes and bear markets, Pincushion, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, UFC 195. Wiki link