US EditionMexico City Mayor's Staff Targeted in Broad Daylight Shooting
- On May 20, 2025, gunmen on a motorcycle killed Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and adviser, José Muñoz, in the Moderna neighborhood.
- The attack took place at approximately 7:30 a.m. While the victims were inside a black Audi vehicle that showed four bullet marks on the windshield near the driver's side, amidst a rise in homicide rates in the city.
- David Saucedo, an expert on Mexico's security issues, suggested the murders exhibited characteristics typical of organized crime and were likely intended to exert pressure on Brugada’s government, which has previously encountered threats from cartels.
- Former Mexico City Mayor and current President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the attack, pledging no impunity and stating she was unaware of any threats against Guzmán.
- The incident underscores escalating violence targeting city officials and suggests ongoing security challenges for Brugada’s administration and Mexico City overall.
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Two top officials in Mexico City died at the hands of a team of gunmen in a crime that shook the highest levels of that country’s government. The targeted killing comes just days after a group of gunmen in Jalisco State shot and killed two police instructors with ties to the U.S. Department of State. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
Mexico City Mayor’s Top Aides Assassinated in Brazen Daylight Attack
In a shocking escalation of political violence, two senior aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were fatally shot on Tuesday morning in the capital’s Moderna neighborhood. The victims, personal secretary Ximena Guzmán and political adviser José Muñoz, were ambushed in a meticulously planned attack that has rattled the city’s sense of security. Mexico City Mayor’s Top Aides Assassinated in Brazen Daylight Attack Coordinated Ambush in Broad Da…
2 Mexican officials assassinated: The Church expresses ‘profound consternation’
Police patrol in Mexico City. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa Puebla, Mexico, May 21, 2025 / 19:22 pm (CNA). The Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its “profound consternation” following the assassination of two senior officials of the Mexi... [...]
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