Mexico Metropolis Mayor Clara Brugada pledges to proceed ‘relentless struggle towards insecurity’.
Two prime aides to the mayor of Mexico Metropolis have been shot lifeless within the newest assault towards public officers within the Latin American nation.
Non-public secretary Ximena Guzman and adviser Jose Munoz had been shot lifeless on Tuesday in an early morning ambush within the central neighbourhood of Moderna, metropolis authorities mentioned.
Mexico Metropolis Mayor Clara Brugada condemned the killings and pledged to proceed her administration’s “relentless struggle towards insecurity”.
“Investigating, clarifying and guaranteeing there is no such thing as a impunity is our dedication,” Brugada mentioned throughout a information convention.
Mexico has one of many highest homicide charges on the planet, largely as a consequence of violence pushed by drug cartels, however the capital is thought for its relative safety in contrast with the remainder of the nation.
Reporting from Mexico Metropolis, Al Jazeera’s John Holman mentioned there had been 50 political murders within the nation within the first three months of the yr alone, although political killings are comparatively uncommon within the capital.
“The explanations for this one are nonetheless unknown. However there are highly effective legal teams within the capital combating for territory and management of profitable rackets,” Holman mentioned.
“Politicians can get in the best way, as elsewhere within the nation.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a Brugada ally who beforehand served because the capital’s mayor, expressed condolences over the killings and mentioned her authorities would make sure that “justice is served”.
“We categorical our solidarity and help for the households of those two people who’ve labored in our motion for a very long time,” Sheinbaum mentioned.
“We all know them, we stand with their households, and we are going to give her [Brugada] all of the help the town wants from the Mexican authorities.”
In 2020, Mexico Metropolis’s safety chief, Omar Garcia Harfuch, survived an ambush by gunmen that killed two of his bodyguards and a bystander.
