The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor have been shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle in a brazen daylight attack in a central part of the city.
Mayor Clara Brugada called the murder of her personal secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz a “direct attack”.
Brugada said in a statement that the attack took place in the Moderna neighborhood.
During her daily press conference, Sheinbaum – who served as Mexico City’s mayor before winning the presidency last year – said that the people believed responsible for their killings were riding on a motorcycle.
“It is a deplorable incident and we are going to give all the support that the mayor may need,” the president added.
Gunmen on a motorcycle have killed the mayor of Mexico City’s personal secretary and an adviser in a blatant daylight attack in the city’s center.
The killing of her personal secretary Ximena Guzmán and advisor José Muñoz was described as a “direct attack” by Mayor Clara Brugada. According to a statement released by Brugada, the attack happened in the Moderna neighborhood.
According to her statement, authorities were looking into the attackers’ motivation and examining security camera footage to determine who they were.
“Innocence will not exist. Justice must be served and those responsible will be taken into custody,” Brugada continued.
They are allies in the Morena party, and Brugada is the country’s second most powerful politician after President Claudia Sheinbaum.
In a social media post, Mexico City Police Chief Omar García Harfuch stated: “We will not allow this cowardly attack to go unpunished. We deeply regret the loss of our colleagues.”. “.”.
An assassination attempt was made on Harfuch himself in 2020 when members of the Jalisco New Generation cartel ambushed his vehicle in the heart of the city. Three individuals were slain when he was shot three times.
One of the most upscale sections of Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, a 9-mile boulevard that runs diagonally through the capital of the second-largest economy in Latin America, was the site of that attack.
Before becoming president last year, Sheinbaum was the mayor of Mexico City. She stated in her daily press conference that the individuals who were thought to be responsible for their deaths were riding motorcycles.
The president went on to say, “It is a reprehensible incident, and we will provide the mayor with any assistance that he may require.”.
Organized crime groups have frequently targeted Mexican politicians and their aides, but these attacks are comparatively uncommon in the capital, which has remained more tranquil than many other parts of the nation.
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