US EditionMexico City Mayor's Staff Targeted in Broad Daylight Shooting
- Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's personal secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and adviser, José Muñoz, were killed in a morning shooting on May 20, 2025, in the Moderna neighborhood of the capital.
- Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Guzmán and Muñoz while they were traveling in a black Audi vehicle, leaving a cluster of four bullet impacts on the windshield on the driver's side.
- According to Mexico security expert David Saucedo, the recent murders exhibit characteristics typical of organized crime operations and appear to be aimed at exerting pressure on Brugada's administration amidst a modest rise in the city's homicide rate.
- Former mayor and current President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the murders, stating during a press briefing she was unaware of threats against Guzmán and that there would be no impunity.
- Authorities continue investigating the motive behind the killings, which highlight ongoing security challenges for Mexico City's administration and political officials.
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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... [...]
2 Mexican officials assassinated: 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 Mexico City government, which occurred Tuesday in the Mexican capital.The victims of the shooting are Ximena Guzmán, private secretary to Clara Brugada, Mexico City’s mayor, and José Muñoz, adviser to the city…
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