2 security consultants, one who worked for U.S., killed in apparent cartel ambush at restaurant in Mexico

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A Mexican security consultant who recently did work hired for the United States Department of State was shot dead in what seems to have been an ambush of poster in a restaurant in Guadalajara.

The place of killing Brazen Tok on Friday night after 9:00 pm, since the man, César Guzman, was having dinner with two Fulow instructors with whom he had just completed a security and intelligence training course for the Jalisco State Fontesman Police, a retreat.

Fontes, in a message posted on LinkedIn, said that he and Guzmán in the last two years taught counter-drugplains to Mexican police officers for the International Narcotics Office and application of the State Department Law in Mexico City and the State of Quertaro.

Carlos Amador, the former Secretary of Security of the State of Hidalgo, was also killed, Fontes said. A third instructor, Pablo Cajigal, the former Secretary of Security of the State of Chihuahua, is in critical condition.

“They were true heroes, some of the bravest people I have met,” Fontes wrote, saying that he had just celebrated the 50th birthday of Guzmán a week ago.

Local news reports said men were having dinner at a local taco set when unidentified gunmen shot them before fleeing a red Nissan. According to the state prosecutor’s office, in addition to the two deaths, a total of two men and two women were injured in the attack, which took place around 9:49 pm in San Pedro Tlaqueque.

The American consulate in Guadalajara, in a statement, said that men were not currently working for the diplomatic mission. He refused to provide more details about his affiliation adjustments with the State Department, citing security and privacy limitations.

“We are deeply concerned about any act of violence and express our condolences to the victims and their families,” said the consulate.

Violence marks the last of a series of shameless attacks in Jalisco. Last week, Mexican social networks were influential Dead thrown Duration A live broadcast on Tiktok, also in Jalisco. The authorities said Valeria MarqueZ received a stuffed animal and a Starbucks coffee bag while he was in the live broadcast, and was shot in the head and chest, collapseing in the camera.

In April, a politician was shot and killed Monday while having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Jalisco. Only a few days before that, a mother looking for missing relatives was Murdered with his son In the same region.

The State Municipal Police Chief was killed on April 15.

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