Milton Morales Figueroa reportedly killed by gunmen while enjoying a family day out

Milton Morales Figueroa reportedly killed by gunmen while enjoying a family day out

Mexico City’s head of intelligence and police operations has been gunned down in an apparent drug cartel hit.

Milton Morales Figueroa, 40, is reported to have died instantly in a hail of bullets in the town of Coacalco, just north of the Mexican capital, on a family day out on Sunday.

He was hit at least twice in the head when gunmen jumped out of two SUVs with darkened windows which had suddenly pulled up as the police commander and relatives stopped at a small supermarket in a residential street. Two other people were reportedly injured. One is thought to have been a bodyguard and the other a family member.

  • cygnusEnglish
    1332·
    5 months ago

    Mexico has been essentially a failed state for about 200 years. Its history is a series of coups and revolutions punctuated by periods of instability like we have today.

    • circuscriticEnglish
      334·
      5 months ago

      Mexico is highly dysfunctional and suffering from extreme levels of political violence, but no, it’s not a failed state.

      • itsnicodegallo@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        Isn’t it their fault to begin with though? Spanish conquistadors aren’t known for their positive influence on Native American peoples.