Brazen murders threaten Mexico City's image as pocket of safety in violent nation

FILE PHOTO: Wreaths with photographs of Jose Munoz Vega and Ximena Guzman Cuevas, two top aides of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada who were shot dead, are placed outside a funeral home in Mexico City, Mexico May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -On a Tuesday morning along a busy Mexico City avenue last month, a secretary to the city's mayor pulled her black Audi SUV up to a metro station to pick up a colleague.

Their killer was waiting for them.