A criminal lawyer was killed and a lawmaker was wounded in two separate armed attacks in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon.
Lawyer Oralia Pérez Garduño was shot dead while driving in the Roma Sur neighborhood of the capital, while Mexico City Deputy and street vendors’ association leader Diana Sánchez Barrios was wounded in an attack in the historic center.
Two men were also shot in the latter attack, one of whom died from his injuries.
After both attacks, the perpetrators fled on motorbikes before abandoning them and disappearing into the Mexico City metro system.
The Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJ) said in a statement that Pérez came under fire while driving near the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtémoc and Viaducto Miguel Alemán.
Two gunmen on a motorbike shot the lawyer, who was driving a Dodge Durango SUV without license plates.
“I saw that she had the window down when they arrived on a motorbike and opened fire,” a witness told the newspaper El Universal.
The gunmen reportedly fired nine shots. The FGJ said it was investigating the murder of Pérez, who had worked for the Mexico City government and had her own law firm.
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Targeted attacks on public officials leave 2 dead in Mexico City
