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Defiant Mexican mayor vows to stand up to criminals after $10,000 bounty is placed on his head Mexican mayor Felipe Patjane was threatened on social media and a $10,400 bounty was placed on his head Facebook user 'Mago Martínez' offered to pay $200,000 Mexican pesos to anyone who brought him 'the head of this dirty rat' Patjane became mayor of Tehuacán, a city in the state of Puebla, on October 15 Says he won't negotiate with criminals who are upset about falling crime rates

By Adry Torres For Dailymail.com

Published: 19:37 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 19:37 GMT, 21 February 2019

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A Mexican mayor is determined to stand his ground after a five-figure bounty was placed on his head. 

Facebook user 'Mago Martínez' recently issued a death threat against Felipe Patjane, the mayor of Tehuacán, Puebla.

The Spanish social media post, which also included a picture of mayor Patjane, read: '200,000 pesos for the head of this dirty rat.' 

The amount offered for the mayor's murder is the equivalent of almost $10,400 USD.

Felipe Patjane, the mayor of Tehuacán, Puebla, is being threatened on social media but he says he will not negotiate with gangs. The mayor took office October 2018 and says he has seen a drop in crime in a city that has been plagued with a high rate of cargo shipment theft

Felipe Patjane, the mayor

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