The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City's mayor are shot dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were shot dead Tuesday, authorities said, in the worst attack against public officials in the capital in recent years.

Mayor Clara Brugada — who holds the second most powerful political post in the country to President Claudia Sheinbaum — said in a statement that her secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz were killed in the Moderna neighborhood. The motive was under investigation.

Later, in a brief statement to the press, a visibly upset Brugada said she had worked with both for years. She vowed that her administration “will continue its relentless fight against insecurity.”

The attack happened at around 7 a.m. when Muñoz and Guzmán were in an Audi on a busy Mexico City thoroughfare. There were four bullet holes clustered on the driver's side of the windshield. One body lay on the pavement.

Mexico security analyst David Saucedo said the killings had the hallmarks of an organized crime hit and he believes they were intended to put pressure on Brugada's administration. He questioned why someone as important as Guzmán to Brugada did not have a security detail.

Sheinbaum condemned the killings and said there would not be impunity. She said she was not aware of any threats against Guzmán. Sheinbaum served as Mexico City’s mayor prior to winning the presidency last year. She and Brugada are allies in the Morena party.

Homicides were up slightly in Mexico’s capital during the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year.

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A staff member offers condolences to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, facing camera, at a press conference where she spoke about the assassination of her personal secretary and one of her advisors who were killed earlier in the day by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

FILE - Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attend a meeting at the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

A body lies covered at the site where the personal secretary and an advisor to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez)

Crime scene investigators work at the site where the personal secretary and an advisor to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez)

Police cordon off the area where Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary, Ximena Guzman, and adviser, Jose Munoz, were killed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Police inspect the car where Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary, Ximena Guzman, and adviser, Jose Munoz, were killed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Police inspect the car where Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's private secretary, Ximena Guzman, and adviser, Jose Munoz, were killed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard missed Monday night's 4-1 loss to Edmonton because of an illness.

The Blackhawks have been hit hard by a stomach bug going around their locker room. While Bedard was scratched against the Oilers, goaltender Spencer Knight and defenseman Louis Crevier returned to the lineup. Backup goaltender Arvid Soderblom also was available.

Teuvo Teravainen departed in the first period because of an upper-body injury. The Blackhawks are off on Tuesday, and coach Jeff Blashill said he would have an update on the forward on Wednesday.

“He could be OK. I just don’t know yet for sure. He couldn’t finish the game,” Blashill said. “We’ll go under evaluation here tomorrow and it might be something where he’s OK, might not be."

Bedard has 19 goals and a team-high 27 assists in 33 games. The 20-year-old center missed 12 games with a right shoulder injury before returning on Friday night against Washington. He had two assists in Saturday night's 3-0 victory at Nashville.

The Blackhawks also played without center Frank Nazar, who has missed 11 straight games after he was hit in the face by a puck during a 6-4 loss at Ottawa on Dec. 20.

“We’d prefer any of our great players in the lineup. But the reality is, when you don’t have them, you just come together,” captain Nick Foligno said. “It’s a game where you tighten up and do it for them, or do it for each other, or you play the right way. Today, we just allowed them to get their game right away. We didn’t make it hard on them.”

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Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard warms up before an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)