Story highlights José de Jesús Manzo Corona was fired for his Facebook post

"Too bad there were 50 and not 100," he said of the Orlando shooting victims

Guadalajara, Mexico (CNN) An official in Mexico is out of a job over his Facebook post about victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

"Too bad there were 50 and not 100," José de Jesús Manzo Corona wrote.

Manzo Corona had been working for the Development and Social Integration Secretariat in Mexico's Jalisco state. Word of his comments spread rapidly on social media, drawing swift condemnation from authorities hours later.

Gov. Aristóteles Sandoval posted a Facebook message of his own, announcing his decision to fire Manzo Corona "for his homophobic comments" online.

"My government promotes respect and inclusion. These are our values," Sandoval wrote. "Discriminatory expressions will not be tolerated under any circumstance."

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