The armed attack left two bodyguards dead and twelve people detained. In the images, a group of heavily armed subjects is seen stopping the vehicle in which the officer is driving.
A security camera captured the moment when the Head of Security of Mexico City, Ómar García Harfuch, suffered an attack that has left three dead and twelve people detained, confirmed the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum.
In the video, you can see every second of the attack in which a group of subjects heavily armed with high-impact weapons intervenes the vehicle in which Harfuch was driving at the top of Paseo de la Reforma, a well-to-do area of the city. According to the images, the attack occurred around 6:38 in the morning.
“The secretary (García Harfuch) has three bullet wounds, splinter injuries, from other shots fired by the attackers. However, it is stable, “said a source from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), who reaffirmed that there are two” escorts “who have lost their lives and a woman who was circulating there.
# EnVideo ???????? Security camera captured second by second the attack against the police chief of the #CDMX, Omar García Harfuch in Paseo de la Reforma #Mexico @Claudiashein pic.twitter.com/lREc5B2vCi
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Meanwhile, the Mexico City Prosecutor’s Office reported on Twitter that the event is already being investigated “to locate the material and intellectual perpetrators and bring them to justice” and indicated that there are currently 12 detainees.
The attack generated a wave of reactions starting with the President of Mexico himself, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who interrupted his conference from the western state of Michoacán.
“All this undoubtedly has to do with the work being carried out to guarantee peace and tranquility both in Mexico City and in the country,” said the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, from the city. from Morelia.
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The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of the Government of Mexico, Alfonso Durazo, “strongly” condemned this attack and called it a “cowardly attack” against a public servant.
“It is clear that the work of the SSC is touching strong interests of crime. There is no going back, ”Durazo said on Twitter.
The struggle between criminal groups such as La Unión de Tepito, Fuerza Anti Unión and the Tláhuac Cartel – which have alliances with powerful cartels in the country – is linked to the existing violence in Mexico City, although in recent months the official figures they reflect a decrease in insecurity.
The capital registered 115 murders in May, according to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System.
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