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A couple is shot to death in the center of CdMx; “they attacked them directly”, says the SSC


The shooting occurred hours after the attack on Secretary Omar García.

Mexico City, June 26 (SinEmbargo / AP) .- A couple was wound with gunshots in the colony Center from Mexico City, this afternoon reported the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC).

The agency detailed that the man and the woman were injured by two people who were traveling on board a black motorcycle.

He explained that the people “attacked them directly” on Joaquín Herrera and Leona Vicario streets.

Paramedics who came to the scene reported that the 29-year-old man had a bullet impact to the left buttock; while the 22-year-old woman had four impacts, one on the left knee, one on the hip and two on the back.

According to the SSC, the couple were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

The SUUMA Volunteers organization reported this afternoon on the armed attack.

Reporter Jorge Becerril reported on his Twitter account that SSC police arrived at the scene.

He explained that the injured people had been transferred for their attention to the Balbuena hospital.

A video broadcast on social networks shows how a group of more than 10 police officers came to the area.

The armed assault took place hours after the Secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City, Omar García Harfuch, was the victim of an attack in which two of his bodyguards and a woman were killed.

ATTACK ON OMAR GARCÍA

This morning, armed men attacked with high power rifles and grenades on Friday the police chief of the Mexican capital. According to the official himself, it was allegedly committed by members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, one of the main drug trafficking groups in the country.

The Head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported in a press conference that the Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, was treated in a capital hospital but was out of danger. The official added that 12 people were detained.

According to Sheinbaum, around 6:30 in the morning the armed men crossed a truck on an avenue to block the passage of the van in which the police chief was traveling and from there opened fire. For its part, the capital’s police said in a statement that the attackers had .50 caliber rifles. The attack occurred in Paseo de la Reforma, an area of ​​large residential houses surrounded by walls and embassies.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered his support and solidarity to Sheinbaum and the city’s public security forces. He said that the attack undoubtedly has to do with the work that the official is carrying out to guarantee peace and tranquility.

In a message on Twitter, García himself attributed the attack to the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel and noted that he had three bullet wounds and several shards. “This morning we were cowardly attacked by the CJNG,” he said using the initials by which the criminal group is known.

Soon after, the SSecretary of Security and Citizen Protection. Alfonso Durazo told the press that an investigation is underway into whether the CJNG orchestrated the attack.

“This is one of the hypotheses that the Mexico City Attorney’s Office is investigating,” said the official during a tour of Michoacán.

–With AP information.

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