Overview

• José Jacinto Ponce Alfaro, head of SSC's Tlatelolco sector, was attacked off duty as two men tried to take his motorcycle outside a department store in Chalco.
• His wife, also an SSC officer, was wounded and remains hospitalized, according to official reports.
• SSC, municipal police and the State of Mexico prosecutor’s office are coordinating inquiries and analyzing camera footage; no arrests have been announced.
• Security-camera video of the shooting circulated on social media after journalists published the clip, which shows the assailants fleeing with the motorcycle.
• Family, colleagues and friends held funeral services in Chalco as SSC leadership pledged legal, medical and administrative support to the victims’ family.