MEXICO CITY: Mexico City's chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on ...
Police officers check the area near the scene of a shooting in Mexico City. REUTERS/Henry RomeroMEXICO CITY: Mexico City's chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel .
A third person, a woman apparently on her way to work, was also killed in the gunfire which ripped through the exclusive Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood. The area is home to many wealthy people and the location of ambassadorial residences. In separate images, fast-arriving police could be seen shouting and moving towards the high calibre gunfire that rang out for several minutes just after 6.30am local time/1130 GMT.Television footage of what was apparently Garcia's armoured SUV showed a vehicle riddled with bullets roped off by police.
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