Secretary and adviser to the mayor of Mexico City shot dead

The perpetrators opened fire on a car carrying the mayor's personal secretary and an adviser on a main road in the centre of the Mexican capital on Tuesday.

21 May 2025 02:38pm
Forensic investigators work at the crime scene of the killing of Jose Munoz and Ximena Guzman in Mexico city on May 20, 2025. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Munoz and Guzman, an aide to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, at a busy avenue in the capital on May 20, 2025, authorities said. (Photo by Valentina ALPIDE / AFP)
Forensic investigators work at the crime scene of the killing of Jose Munoz and Ximena Guzman in Mexico city on May 20, 2025. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Munoz and Guzman, an aide to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, at a busy avenue in the capital on May 20, 2025, authorities said. (Photo by Valentina ALPIDE / AFP)

MEXICO CITY - Two close associates of Mayor Clara Brugada have been shot dead in Mexico City, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

The perpetrators opened fire on a car carrying the mayor's personal secretary and an adviser on a main road in the centre of the Mexican capital on Tuesday, according to a statement from the city hall.

Army soldiers patrol near the crime scene of the killing of Jose Munoz and Ximena Guzman in Mexico city on May 20, 2025. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Munoz and Guzman, an aide to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, at a busy avenue in the capital on May 20, 2025, authorities said. (Photo by Zina DESMAZES / AFP)
Army soldiers patrol near the crime scene of the killing of Jose Munoz and Ximena Guzman in Mexico city on May 20, 2025. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Munoz and Guzman, an aide to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, at a busy avenue in the capital on May 20, 2025, authorities said. (Photo by Zina DESMAZES / AFP)

They then fled on a motorcycle. The background to the attack is still unclear.

"The crime will not go unpunished. Those responsible will be arrested and brought to justice," the city administration said.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered her condolences to the families of the victims and assured the city administration of the federal government's support in the investigation.

"We will get to the bottom of this, and justice will be done," she said. Before her election as president, Sheinbaum herself was mayor of Mexico City.

In 2020, suspected members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) drug cartel carried out an attack on the then police chief Omar García Harfuch in an upmarket residential area of Mexico City.

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He was hit by several bullets during the attack and underwent emergency surgery. Two of his bodyguards and a passer-by were killed in the attack.

García Harfuch is now Mexico's security minister. - BERNAMA-dpa

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