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At slightest 13 radical allegedly progressive successful the sidesplitting of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's staff in May were arrested Wednesday for their alleged roles successful what authorities described arsenic a meticulously planned deed connected 2 radical adjacent to the capital's leader.
Three of those arrested allegedly were straight progressive successful the killings and the others had roles successful the logistics.
"In representation of our colleagues and retired of respect for their families and friends, this authorities volition not remainder until the information is known and justness is served," the politician said successful a connection posted connected societal media.
Brugada's idiosyncratic secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and an adviser, José Muñoz, were shot dormant successful Guzmán's car connected a Mexico City thoroughfare successful wide daylight connected May 20. Guzmán, arsenic she did regularly, was picking up Muñoz astatine a subway station.
A framed representation of Ximena Guzmán, the idiosyncratic caput to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada who was murdered a time earlier, adorns an altar during a aftermath astatine a ceremonial location successful Mexico City, Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
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Authorities said the gunman had fled connected a motorcycle that was hidden adjacent and past changed vehicles doubly arsenic helium and others fled into neighboring Mexico State.
"These results correspond the archetypal advances of an ongoing investigation," Brugada said.
Bertha María Alcalde Luján, Mexico City's main prosecutor, said aboriginal during a news conference that 5 vehicles, including the motorcycle the shooter fled on, were portion of the operation. Two of the different vehicles were identified arsenic having surveilled the victims successful the weeks earlier their killings.
Alcalde Luján adjacent said investigators judge the deed had primitively been planned for May 14, but Guzmán didn't prime up Muñoz that day, truthful they judge it was called off.
Police officers basal defender adjacent the transgression country of the sidesplitting of Jose Munoz and Ximena Guzman successful Mexico metropolis connected May 20, 2025.
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Mexico's national information chief, Omar García Harfuch, said investigators confirmed that those progressive successful the shootings initially fled to a vicinity successful the borough of Iztacalco, not acold from the capital's planetary airport. There they changed vehicles and escaped the metropolis to neighboring Mexico state.
Early Wednesday, instrumentality enforcement carried retired 11 raids, arresting the 13 suspects.
Mexico City Police Chief Pablo Vázquez Camacho said determination were assorted lines of investigation, but authorities would not talk of a imaginable motive portion the probe remained open.
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