Authorities arrest 13 suspects over killing of Mexico City officials

Mayor Clara Brugada says ‘government volition not rest’ until justness is served for the sidesplitting of 2 municipal officials.

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada has announced that authorities arrested 13 radical for their alleged roles successful the May onslaught that killed 2 high-ranking officials successful the Mexican capital.

Brugada did not place the suspects connected Wednesday, but she said 3 were progressive straight successful the shooting.

“In this operation, 13 radical were arrested, including 3 radical who straight participated successful the murder, and others related to the logistical mentation of the event,” she told reporters.

The daytime shooting of 2 of Brugada’s apical aides by gunmen connected motorbikes shocked the city, seen arsenic a comparative pouch of information compared to the remainder of the country.

The victims were Brugada’s idiosyncratic caput Ximena Guzman and advisor Jose Munoz.

“In representation of our colleagues and retired of respect for their families and friends, this authorities volition not remainder until the information is known and justness is served,” the politician said successful a societal media station connected Wednesday.

After the shooting, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a Brugada state who antecedently served arsenic the capital’s mayor, vowed that her authorities would guarantee that “justice is served”.

“We explicit our solidarity and enactment for the families of these 2 individuals who person worked successful our question for a agelong time,” Sheinbaum said successful May.

“We cognize them, we basal with their families, and we volition springiness her [Brugada] each the enactment the metropolis needs from the Mexican government.”

For decades, Mexico has been struggling with precocious transgression rates and murders, including unit against governmental and information officials as good arsenic journalists.

In 2020, Mexico City’s information chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch, survived an ambush by gunmen that killed 2 of his bodyguards and a bystander.

Shortly aft taking bureau past year, Sheinbaum’s medication announced a information strategy that focused connected boosting quality gathering, strengthening the National Guard constabulary and addressing basal causes, including poverty.

Earlier this month, the United States – which has been struggling with its ain crime rates – issued a question advisory for Mexico, informing of information risks.

“Many convulsive crimes instrumentality spot successful Mexico. They see homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery,” the US State Department said. “There is simply a hazard of terrorist violence, including violent attacks and different enactment successful Mexico.”

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