Mexico City police chief shot dead

The officer in charge of intelligence operations to combat organized crime was in front of a poultry shop when he was attacked and shot by a man, according to surveillance camera footage.

“Milton was tasked with important investigative tasks to protect the peace and security of the people of Mexico City,” Mayor Marti Batres wrote on X.

Small drug trafficking and smuggling cells operating in the megacity are linked to some of the country’s powerful drug cartels, such as the powerful Jalisco Cartel – New Generation (CJNG).

Local media reported that Figueroa’s work helped dismantle some gangs.

While in other Mexican states plagued by criminal violence, several police chiefs have been the victims of assaults in recent years, attacks on the authorities have been rare in the capital.

More than 450,000 people have been murdered in the country of 126 million inhabitants since the government of then-President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against the drug cartels in 2006.

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