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Motorcycle Gunmen Kill Two Senior Aides to Mexico City Mayor in Targeted Attack

The brazen morning ambush, rare for the capital, has sparked a joint investigation as authorities analyze evidence to identify suspects.

Crime scene investigators work at the site where the personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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Police cordon off the area where Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary, Ximena Guzman, and adviser, Jose Munoz, were killed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
A framed image of Ximena Guzmán, the personal secretary to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada who was murdered a day earlier, adorns an altar during a wake at a funeral home in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Overview

  • Ximena Guzmán, Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary, and José Muñoz, an adviser, were fatally shot in the Moderna neighborhood on Tuesday morning.
  • The attack occurred at the intersection of Calzada de Tlalpan and Napoleón Street as Guzmán stopped to pick up Muñoz in her vehicle.
  • Authorities confirmed the assailants were on a motorcycle, with one fleeing on foot into the metro system after the shooting.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum and Mayor Brugada vowed justice, with city and federal agencies reviewing surveillance footage and forensic evidence to identify the perpetrators.
  • The killings, reflecting cartel-style tactics, mark a rare incursion of such political violence into Mexico City, traditionally considered more secure than other regions of the country.