Crime scene investigators work on the website the place the non-public secretary and an advisor to Mexico Metropolis’s mayor have been killed by gunmen on a bike, in Mexico Metropolis, Tuesday, Could 20, 2025. (AP Photograph/Tristan Velazquez)
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MEXICO CITY — The private secretary and an adviser to Mexico Metropolis’s mayor have been shot lifeless Tuesday, authorities stated, within the worst assault in opposition to public officers within the capital in recent times.
Mayor Clara Brugada — who holds the second strongest political put up within the nation to President Claudia Sheinbaum — stated in an announcement that her secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz have been killed within the Moderna neighborhood. The motive was underneath investigation.
Later, in a short assertion to the press, a visibly upset Brugada stated she had labored with each for years. She vowed that her administration “will continue its relentless fight against insecurity.”
The assault occurred at round 7 a.m. when Muñoz and Guzmán have been in an Audi on a busy Mexico Metropolis thoroughfare. There have been 4 bullet holes clustered on the motive force’s facet of the windshield. One physique lay on the pavement.
Mexico safety analyst David Saucedo stated the killings had the hallmarks of an organized crime hit and he believes they have been supposed to place strain on Brugada’s administration. He questioned why somebody as essential as Guzmán to Brugada didn’t have a safety element.
Sheinbaum condemned the killings and stated there wouldn’t be impunity. She stated she was not conscious of any threats in opposition to Guzmán. Sheinbaum served as Mexico Metropolis’s mayor previous to profitable the presidency final 12 months. She and Brugada are allies within the Morena get together.
Homicides have been up barely in Mexico’s capital in the course of the first quarter of this 12 months in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months.
