MEXICO CITY – The mayor of the central Mexican town of Jilotzingo and two bodyguards were fatally shot Friday, the Mexico state Attorney General’s Office said.
Juan Antonio Mayen was elected mayor last year on the ticket of the conservative National Action Party.
The mayor and his four-man protection detail were traveling in Mayen’s vehicle on the Naucalpan-Ixtlahuaca highway shortly after 9:30 a.m. when armed assailants aboard at least two SUVs intercepted them and starting shooting, the AG Office said in a statement.
Mayen and two of his guards died, while the other two security men were wounded and taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
The attack took place near the town of Santa Maria Mazatla, roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mexico City.
An investigation is under way, the state AG Office said.
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