Mexico City Takes Steps To Find Killer of Mayor's Aides
Mexico City's top security official said at least four people were involved in the fatal shootings of two of Mayor Clara Brugada's aides in one of the country's highest-profile examples of political violence in years.
The people involved in the murders on Tuesday fled to Mexico state, which adjoins the capital, Public Security chief Pablo Vazquez said in a press briefing citing a preliminary investigation. No motive has yet been determined, said Vazquez, who did not give any names for the attacker and accomplices.
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