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, unleashing one of the most brazen attacks in Mexico since the equally ruthless Zetas carved a path of terror across the country nearly a decade ago.The attackers used grenades and a .50-caliber sniper rifle to assault the chief's armored vehicle early Friday and killed two of the his bodyguards and a woman driving by.
Police chief Omar García Harfuch was shot in the shoulder, collar bone and the knee but was reported out of danger.He called the attack “cowardly” and blamed it on the Jalisco cartel, which has established a nearly national presence, from the.