The car in which the man of Indian origin was traveling in Viaducto, Mexico City. With kind approval
An Indian citizen was shot dead while driving on the Miguel Alemán Viaduct in Mexico City this Saturday afternoon. The man was behind the wheel of a white Honda car in the middle lanes of the busy street in the Mexican capital when four men on two motorcycles approached him and asked him to stop the car. When he refused, one of the attackers shot the driver at least five times, who died.
The car was crossed on the avenue west of the city, at the height of the Algarín district, between Calzada de Tlalpan and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. Another man who was also in the car was unharmed after the shots were fired. The co-pilot told police they were returning from Mexico City International Airport (AICM), where they went to an exchange office to buy $10,000. “The co-pilot stated that they were coming from an exchange office at the airport and on the way to their destination were intercepted by people on board two motorcycles, who exploded and took their money,” reported the Minister for Citizen Security.
A surveillance camera captured the seconds as the two motorcycles approach the white car, the attackers shoot and take the money from the occupants. The driver loses control of the car as it zigzags down the avenue while the other drivers flee to avoid the assault. “The driver suffered various impacts from a firearm, so he was treated by Red Cross paramedics who did not diagnose him with any vital signs,” the capital’s police said.
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The Embassy of India in Mexico has confirmed the death of one of its citizens through its social networks. “In a most regrettable and heartbreaking incident, an Indian citizen living in Mexico was tragically shot dead,” the message read on X. “We demand that the Mexican authorities apprehend the perpetrators as soon as possible,” they added. The diplomatic mission estimates that an average of 8,000 Indian nationals live in Mexico and that a fifth of them work in Mexico City in information technology-related jobs.
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