[BREITBART] An alleged assassin asked the mayor of a small town in central Mexico for a photo moments before shooting him to death. The politician was threatened earlier this year by cartel members.On Tuesday morning, Valle De Chalco Mayor Francisco Tenorio Contreras was touring his municipality when two men asked him to pose for photos and then requested a ride. According to the Mexico State Attorney General’s Office, the mayor told his driver to give the men a lift before one of the button men shot the politician en route. The killer later escaped the scene. The mayor died hours later at a local hospital.