Mexico City Mayor's Staff Targeted in Broad Daylight Shooting

By CNN en Español Ximena Guzmán and José Muñoz, two of the officials closest to Clara Brugada, head of the Mexico City government, were shot dead in an attack Tuesday morning on the streets of the Mexican capital. The incident, which Brugada's government described as a "direct assault," occurred in broad daylight while the vehicle in which the officials were traveling was stopped between Calzada de Tlalpan and Napoleón Street, in the Benito Juár…

Gunman kills top aides to Mexico City Mayor in daylight attack

Two senior aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were shot dead in a brazen daylight attack on Tuesday morning, in what authorities are calling a targeted assassination. Mayor Brugada’s private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and longtime adviser, José Muñoz, were killed on their way to work after Guzmán stopped her black Audi along a busy avenue to pick up Muñoz for their daily commute. According to eyewitnesses and CCTV footage, a gunman approach…

Two top aides to Mexico City mayor shot dead by motorbike killers

The victims were Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary Ximena Guzman and adviser Jose Muñoz, and the assassinations have sent shock waves through the capital, considered relatively safe.

They are unusual for the place where they happened and for the people they hit, and they could have a precise meaning.

Mexico violence: Gunman kills Mexico City mayor's top aides

The mayor's private secretary and top adviser were shot dead on a busy road during the morning commute.

The Mexican capital, considered an oasis of relative security in the country, has been rocked by the murder of two close associates of the mayor. Armed men on a motorbike ambushed the victims and shot them dead in the heart of the city. Security experts believe the double murder was ordered by one of the drug cartels.