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Mexico City Police Chief Targeted For Assassination As Drug Cartel Violence Spikes

Emily Zanotti
Mexico City Police Chief Targeted For Assassination As Drug Cartel Violence Spikes
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Mexico City’s police chief is lucky to be alive after a dramatic assassination attempt that left him wounded, two of his bodyguards dead, and his police vehicle riddled with bullets.

Reuters reports that the chief survived at least three bullet wounds and blamed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel  (CJNG) drug cartel for the “cowardly attack”  in one of Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods in a Tweet from his hospital bed.

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