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

[ad_1] A Mexican safety marketing consultant who not too long ago did contract work for the U.S. State Division has been shot and killed in what seems to have been a cartel ambush at a restaurant in Guadalajara.

The brazen killing came about Friday night time after 9:00 p.m. as the person, César Guzman, was eating with two fellow instructors with whom he had simply accomplished a safety and intelligence coaching course for police from Jalisco state, in line with Arturo Fontes, a retired FBI agent who labored with Guzman.

Fontes, in a message posted on LinkedIn, stated he and Guzman over the previous two years taught counter-drug courses to Mexican cops for the State Division's Bureau of Worldwide Narcotics and Legislation Enforcement in Mexico Metropolis and Queretaro state.

Carlos Amador, the previous undersecretary of safety for Hidalgo state, was additionally killed, Fontes stated. A 3rd teacher, Pablo Cajigal, the previous secretary of safety for Chihuahua state, is in vital situation.

"They have been true heroes - a few of the bravest people I've ever identified," Fontes wrote, saying that he had simply celebrated Guzman's fiftieth birthday every week in the past.

Native information reviews stated the boys have been eating at an area taco joint when unidentified gunmen shot at them earlier than fleeing in a purple Nissan. In accordance with the state prosecutor's workplace, along with the 2 deaths, a complete of two males and two ladies have been injured within the assault, which came about at about 9:49 p.m. in San Pedro Tlaquepaque.

The U.S. consulate in Guadalajara, in a press release, stated the boys weren't at present working for the diplomatic mission. It declined to offer additional particulars about their previous affiliation with the State Division, citing safety and privateness limitations.

"We're deeply involved about any act of violence and categorical our condolences to the victims and their households," the consulate stated.

The violence marks the newest in a collection of brazen assaults in Jalisco. Final week, Mexican social media influencer was shot useless throughout a stay stream on TikTok, additionally in Jalisco. Officers stated Valeria Márque z was handed a stuffed animal and a bag of Starbucks espresso whereas she was on the livestream, and was shot within the head and the chest, collapsing on digicam.

In April, a politician was shot and killed on Monday whereas eating at a seafood restaurant in Jalisco. Simply days earlier than that, a mom trying to find lacking family members was murdered alongside together with her son in the identical area.