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CJNG Attempts to Assassinate Mexico City Security Secretary

| Mexico

Four groups of seven CJNG gunmen ambush Mexico City public security secretary Omar García Harfuch on Paseo de la Reforma, firing more than 400 rounds including .50-caliber Barrett rounds and fragmentation grenades. Two bodyguards and one civilian bystander are killed; García Harfuch survives with three bullet wounds. Fifteen hitmen are arrested the same day.

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