{"id":17429,"date":"2026-07-16T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:52:17","slug":"councilwoman-and-daughter-shot-husband-killed-in-mexico-near-u-s-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=17429","title":{"rendered":"Councilwoman and daughter shot, husband killed in Mexico near U.S. border"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Attackers shot dead the husband of a Mexican councilwoman, with the gunfire also injuring the politician and her daughter, authorities reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Maria de Jesus Quijada, a ruling party councilor for the municipality of Tecate along the United States border, was shot at while traveling in a vehicle with her family on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Quijada’s partner did not survive, while she and her daughter — who is 15 according to media reports — were being treated at a hospital in the U.S., Mexico’s security secretariat said.<\/p>\n

According to Mexico News Daily, the couple’s daughter was reportedly on her way to a school graduation with her parents<\/p>\n

Quijada’s father later told reporters\u00a0he had been informed that his daughter and granddaughter were “out of danger.”<\/p>\n

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“There will be no impunity,” the ministry stated in a news release, without offering any details about the attack’s possible motives.<\/p>\n

The secretariat is coordinating with local authorities to investigate the incident, it added.<\/p>\n

Authorities have so far discovered a burnt-out car matching a previous description of the perpetrators’ vehicle less than two miles away from where the attack occurred.<\/p>\n

The day before the attack, Quijada posted on social media that she was visiting a local community, saying she “had the opportunity to spend time with neighbors, listen to their concerns, share ideas and strengthen that bond that allows us to work with greater commitment.”<\/p>\n

Criminal gangs often conduct attacks against local officials in Mexico, especially in areas where\u00a0cartel<\/strong>s fight for territory, such as on the U.S. border.<\/p>\n

Since the current government took office in October 2024, 13 mayors have been murdered in Mexico,\u00a0Uno TV reported this week. Last November, gunmen shot dead a Mexican mayor who had urged the government to tackle violent crime.<\/p>\n

President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that homicides in Mexico have fallen by nearly half since September 2024, touting the reduction as a result of her security policies since taking office in October 2024.<\/p>\n

Mexico has been battered by years of spiraling violence since the government launched an offensive against drug gangs in 2006.<\/p>\n

Almost half a million deaths have been reported since then, as well as 130,000 disappearances, according to government reporting.<\/p>\n

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