A police vehicle arrives to the place where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police was found, in Mexico City on June 26, 2020. Residents said heavy gunfire rang out for several minutes during the attack in Lomas de Chapultepec, which is home to many wealthy residents and the location of ambassadorial residences. The attack on García Harfuch was the first on a top cop in Mexico City since 2008 when Julio César Sánchez Amaya, the then chief of the Federal District's Public Security, was targeted by the Sinaloa Cartel in a failed car bombing. Tania Sandoval, (pictured) Cervante's sister, was wounded in the attack, Police officers arrive at the area where a shooting took place in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2020, A police officer stands behind a cordon tape at an area where a shooting took place in Mexico City, Mexico this morning. The police said in a statement that gunmen armed with .50 caliber sniper rifles and grenades exchanged fire with the García Harfuch security detail. The cartel is headed by Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel so likes violence and heavy armament that U.S. prosecutors said its operatives tried to buy belt-fed M-60 machine guns in the United States, and once brought down a Mexican military helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. The ambush took place in an area fought over by rival drug trafficking organizations. But the cartel's onslaught is so powerful that it appears to have convinced some Mexicans, especially those who are tired of local gangs, to accept control by one large, powerful cartel. It is all a lie, albeit one that the cartel likes to repeat. Teaching union slams Government's 'undeliverable' plans for mass Covid-19 testing in schools from January as... Who's bright idea was that? The COVID-19 VACCINE: Protecting YOU and the rest of the UK. Mexico City's Police Chief Recovering From Bullet Wounds in Cartel Ambush Back to video Garcia Harfuch was rushed into surgery after being shot in the shoulder, collarbone and knee. It is a promise that cartels in Mexico have long made, and always broken. Heavily armed gunmen attacked and wounded Omar Garcia Harfuch in a brazen operation that left an unspecified number of dead, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. MEXICO CITY — Dozens of gunmen believed tied to the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel deployed for a complex, multi-point dawn ambush meant to kill Mexico City's police chief, Tania Sandoval, Gómez Cervantes' sister, suffered a gun shot wound to the hand in the attack. A forensic investigator collects cartridges at the scene where the Mexican capital’s police chief was attacked by gunmen in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. 'Things are quieter when Jalisco is around,' said the restaurant owner, who also asked his name not be used. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. Police stand guard at a crime scene where the chief of police was attacked by gunmen in the early morning hours, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. US could approve Moderna's Covid vaccine 'within hours'... but UK won't get any of the 7million doses it has... Kate Ferdinand GIVES BIRTH! 'It seems like they allow people to work, and they don't prey on civilians, they don't kidnap, they don't steal vehicles, they just go about their drug business.'. Shocking surveillance camera footage captured the moment heavily armed gunmen ambushed Mexico City's police chief and killed two cops and a civilian Friday morning. The attack occurred at around 6.30am on Friday in the affluent district of Lomas de Chapultepec in the west of the city. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. A police vehicle arrives to the place where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police was found, in Mexico City on June 26, 2020. The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. They were split into groups of four with seven armed men in each group. Pictured are the 12 men who participated in Friday morning's attack against the police chief of Mexico City. 28 gunmen, allegedly from Jalisco drug cartel, ambush Mexico City police chief Police chief Omar García Harfuch was shot in the shoulder, collar bone and the knee but was reported out of danger. A police vehicle arrives to the place where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police was found, in Mexico City… There were also images circulating on social media of García Harfuch being attended to by paramedics. The Mexico City prosecutor's office said the cartel hired the assassins three weeks ago. But the transnational criminal organization is also mounting a propaganda campaign, using videos and social media to threaten rivals while promising civilians that it won't prey on them with extortion and kidnappings. 'It seems like the Jalisco New Generation group is taking over everywhere,' said a priest in the western city of Apatzingan. MEXICO CITY -- Dozens of gunmen believed tied to the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel deployed for a complex, multi-point dawn ambush meant to kill Mexico City's police chief … MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of gunmen believed tied to the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel deployed for a complex, multi-point dawn ambush meant to kill Mexico City’s police chief, … Local media reported that civilian Gabriela Gómez Cervantes, 26, died after being shot in the head in the crossfire while sitting in her car. The comments below have not been moderated. They solve it quickly,' she said. The CJNG are currently considered the second most powerful cartel in Mexico, trailing behind Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. Smiling Gillian Anderson is seen for the first time since splitting from The Crown creator Peter Morgan... Swarovski loses its sparkle: Plunging profits caused by the pandemic and Chinese competition sparks a bitter... 'Our job was to find weird excuses not to remove them': PornHub moderators, who watched 1,200 videos A DAY,... Is Maria Sharapova set for a 'royal' wedding? A police vehicle arrives to the place where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police was found, in Mexico City… The clan is currently at war with a number of other powerful drug cartels for control of various Mexican states. Nurse who faints when she feels pain is chosen to get Pfizer's vaccine live on... GPs told to use extra dose of Pfizer's Covid vaccine as NHS updates advice after it emerges vials sent to... Oxford University scientist behind Covid vaccine hopes UK approval 'isn't too far off' amid hopes it will be... 'I DO brush my hair! Mexico’s president - who has promised, but so far failed, to “pacify” a country that last year suffered a record 34,582 murders – expressed solidarity with the police chief. Mexico City… GUNMAN armed with sniper rifles and grenades have shot Mexico City's police chief and killed multiple people in an ambush. Police stand guard at a crime scene where the Mexico City chief of police was attacked by gunmen in the early morning hours, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. Television images showed dozens of police cordoning off a main road in the area. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has a presence in 24 of 32 states in Mexico and has shipped cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin to the United States, A burned bus (photographed October 16, 2019) sits on the side of road in El Aguaje, Mexico, where Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen ambushed and killed Michoacán state police agents. Police stand guard at a crime scene where the chief of police was attacked by gunmen in the early morning hours, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. The attack on the police chief was meticulously planned and involved a total of 28 gunmen hired three weeks before, said Ulises Lara, the spokesman for the Mexico City prosecutors office. Mexico's National Intelligence Agency confirmed Friday that it knew of an imminent attack that was being planned against high-ranking official after it got wind of a recording that involved alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the country's most dangerous cartels. 'If you have a problem, you go to them. He is not the only one. Mexico City's secretary of public security, Omar Garcia Harfuch, was wounded and three others were killed during a shooting early Friday morning, said Mexico City … Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. More than 35,000 Mexicans were murdered last year, the highest number […] He was recovering Saturday, with “more energy than ever,” Sheinbaum said in a … Cartel gunmen blocked a street intersection in the Mexico City neighborhood of Lomas de Chaputelpec where they tried to assassinate the police chief, Omar García Harfuch, Pictured: Weapons recovered from the scene which were reportedly used by the heavily armed gunmen when they attacked the Mexico City police chief this morning, Pictured: Local media reported that this image shows the Mexico City police chief being treated at the scene by paramedics. Security camera video shows more than a dozen of armed men spread across the flatbed of a white truck at a major intersection in Lomas de Chaputelpec, a neighborhood in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. Mexico City's police chief escapes alive after brazen ambush by 28 cartel hitmen reportedly armed with sniper rifles and grenades tporter@businessinsider.com (Tom Porter) 6/28/2020 Speaking at a regular government news conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said García Harfuch had been injured in the attack and attributed the outbreak of violence to the work of local officials to establish order in the city. 'It has to do without a doubt with the work he is carrying out to guarantee peace and tranquility,' López Obrador said. The Mexican capital's police Omar García Harfuch suffered three bullet wounds as he and his bodyguards were attacked by sniper rifles and grenades in the city's most upmarket neighborhood. Police converged on the area in the west of the city, which is rarely troubled by the violence that in recent years has afflicted many parts of the country, particularly poorer ones. They have has become Mexico's fastest-rising criminal organization, with a reputation for ruthlessness and violence unlike any since the fall of the old Zetas cartel. Revealed: The 800 roads in Britain with dangerous levels of air pollution - so does your town make the list? Mexico City police chief Omar García Harfuch was shot during an assassination attempt Friday morning which he accused the Jalisco New Generation Cartel of carrying out. 'Beautiful people, continue your routine,' the cartel said in a banner hung from an overpass in 2019 to reassure residents of Apatzingan, Michoacán, that the cartel was moving in to kick out the Viagras. The END of the West End? Photographs from the scene also showed a high-sided construction truck with a number of rifles in the back that apparently were left behind by the gunmen after the ambush. Some three hours later, apparently from his hospital bed, García Harfuch on Twitter blamed his injuries and the death of two bodyguards on a "cowardly attack" by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a gang renowned as one of the most violent in the country. At least two other people died. Family at the scene told reporters that the pair were street vendors on their way to work at the National Auditorium. A woman who has lived for years under Jalisco cartel rule in a small town says she seeks out local Jalisco enforcers to solve common crime problems. ': Boris Johnson APOLOGISES for his hair and insists he 'does his best with it' after... What Christmas getaway? Security camera captures moment 'Jalisco cartel' gunmen ambush Mexico City's police chief with sniper rifles and grenades leaving two cops dead in city's most upmarket neighborhood. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. A restaurant owner in the central state of Guanajuato - where Jalisco is fighting for control with the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang - says he would prefer that Jalisco take over, because of the local gang's chaotic ways. MEXICO CITY — Dozens of gunmen believed tied to the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel deployed for a complex, multi-point dawn ambush meant to kill Mexico City's police chief, A forensic investigator collects cartridges at the scene where the Mexican capital’s police chief was attacked by gunmen in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A police vehicle arrives to the place where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police was found, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. Beneath and around the banner a total of 19 corpses hung from ropes, lay piled on the roadway or were scattered, hacked to pieces. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. Ernestina Godoy, attorney general of Mexico City, said 12 people had been arrested. In parts of the country it is fighting medieval-style battles, complete with fortified redoubts, to expand nationwide, from the outskirts of Mexico City, into the tourist resorts around Cancún, and along the northern border across from the United States. Tier 3 lockdown hammers central London as stores suffer nearly 70% plunge in... 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But one of his parishioners was recently kidnapped, raped and killed by members of a local gang, the Viagras, even after her family paid a ransom; locals are so sick of that gang they'd rather have anybody else move in. Local media reported that civilian Gabriela Gómez Cervantes, 26, died after being shot in the head in the crossfire while sitting in her car. In 2019, a bill was introduced in the US to designate the CJNG, among other criminal gangs, as foreign terrorist organizations. Mexican authorities have carried out a series of raids while investigating the attempted assassination of Mexico City's police chief, according to local media. As of Friday afternoon, investigators were working on recovering more than 100 bullet casings and one grenade that did not explode. The attack on the police chief was meticulously planned and involved a total of 28 gunmen hired three weeks before, said Ulises Lara, the spokesman for the Mexico City prosecutors office. A police officer (top center) leads one away of one the 12 suspects who participated in Friday morning's attack to kill the police chief of Mexico City, Residents said heavy gunfire rang out for several minutes during the attack in Lomas de Chapultepec, which is home to many wealthy residents and the location of ambassadorial residences. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. The two cops who were killed were identified as Edgar O. and Rafael O. Police stand guard at a crime scene where the Mexico City’s police chief was attacked by gunmen in the early morning hours, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. García Harfuch's armored SUV was seen riddled with bullets and roped off by police. Their criminal activities involve drug, arms and human trafficking, as well as murder, torture and extortion. Harfuch was shot three times and one of his bodyguards died trying to protect him. Mexican authorities have carried out a series of raids while investigating the attempted assassination of Mexico City's police chief, according to local media. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The dramatic assassination attempt on Mexico City’s police chief was just the latest and clearest sign that Mexico’s powerful criminal element is bringing the violence it has unleashed on the general population directly to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s door. Sheinbaum said she would share more information at a news conference later in the day. MEXICO CITY — Dozens of gunmen believed tied to the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel deployed for a complex, multi-point dawn ambush meant to kill Mexico City's police chief … Though President Trump agreed with the sentiment, he is holding off of the move at the request of the Mexican president. The priest, who is not being identified to prevent reprisals, would rather not have any gang in town. Mexico City’s security chief, who was caught in a deadly ambush Friday, is “doing well” after his surgery, according to Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. López Obrador offered his support and solidarity to Sheinbaum and the city's public security forces. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline and Adry Torres For Dailymail.com, Published: 13:57 GMT, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:38 GMT, 26 June 2020. 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