The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City’s mayor are shot dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥 The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City鈥檚 mayor were shot dead Tuesday, authorities said, in the worst attack against public officials in the capital in recent years.
The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City鈥檚 mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle in a central neighbourhood of the capital Tuesday, authorities said. Mayor Clara Brugada said in a statement that her secretary Ximena Guzm谩n and adviser Jos茅 Mu帽oz were killed in the Moderna neighborhood. The motive is under investigation. (AP Video: Mart铆n Silva / May 20, 2025)
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥 The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City鈥檚 mayor were shot dead Tuesday, authorities said, in the worst attack against public officials in the capital in recent years.
Mayor Clara Brugada 鈥 who holds the second most powerful political post in the country to 鈥 said in a statement that her secretary Ximena Guzm谩n and adviser Jos茅 Mu帽oz were killed in the Moderna neighborhood. The motive was under investigation.
Later, in a brief statement to the press, a visibly upset Brugada said she had worked with both for years. She vowed that her administration 鈥渨ill continue its relentless fight against insecurity.鈥
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The attack happened at around 7 a.m. when Mu帽oz and Guzm谩n were in an Audi on a busy Mexico City thoroughfare. There were four bullet holes clustered on the driver’s side of the windshield. One body lay on the pavement.
Mexico security analyst David Saucedo said the killings had the hallmarks of an organized crime hit and he believes they were intended to put pressure on Brugada’s administration. He questioned why someone as important as Guzm谩n to Brugada did not have a security detail.
Sheinbaum condemned the killings and said there would not be impunity. She said she was not aware of any threats against Guzm谩n. Sheinbaum served as Mexico City鈥檚 mayor prior to . She and Brugada are allies in the Morena party.
Homicides were up slightly in Mexico鈥檚 capital during the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year.
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