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One of the alleged perpetrators of the assassination attempt against journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva is arrested

2023-01-13T04:14:46.734Z


The head of the government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, published this Thursday on her Twitter account that the person allegedly responsible for shooting journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva was arrested.


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(CNN Spanish) --

The head of the government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, published on Thursday on her Twitter account that the person allegedly responsible for shooting journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva was arrested.

The individual was reportedly captured in the state of Michoacán in a joint operation between the Secretary of National Defense, the Attorney General's Office and the Secretary of Citizen Security.

"This is the person who was co-pilot on the motorcycle on the day of the attack," says Sheinbaum on Twitter.

The authorities have not provided further details about the arrest.

  • "Someone wanted to kill me last night": Mexican journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva gives details about the assassination attempt against him

On December 15, 2022, the journalist suffered an assassination attempt as he left the television station where he works in Mexico City.

According to Gómez Leyva himself, the attack was carried out by two people on a motorcycle, of which at least one of them fired at the windshield of his car.

At the time, the authorities confirmed that they were investigating the incident as "attempted homicide."

Source: cnnespanol

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