Current:Home > reviewsMan with apparent cartel links shot and killed at a Starbucks in Mexico City -WealthPro Academy
Man with apparent cartel links shot and killed at a Starbucks in Mexico City
View
Date:2025-04-17 21:12:22
A man was shot to death Thursday at a Starbucks coffee shop in an upscale neighborhood of Mexico City, and police said he apparently had links to a northern Mexico drug cartel.
City police said the shooting occurred inside the Plaza Carso shopping mall on the edge of the wealthy Polanco district. Photos posted by police showed crime scene tape around a seating area near the entrance to the coffee shop.
Journalist Alicia Salgado also posted purported images and video from the scene.
⚠️La tarde de este jueves 20 de abril se registró una intensa movilización policiaca en la Ciudad de México, específicamente en la alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo. De acuerdo con los primeros reportes, se registró una intensa balacera en Starbucks de Plaza Carso, en la zona de Polanco,… pic.twitter.com/L59aNje6Z9
— Alicia Salgado (@allizesalgado) April 20, 2023
City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch wrote in his social media accounts that the 42-year-old victim had an outstanding arrest warrant in Oklahoma for drug trafficking. Harfuch said the victim also had ties to Panama, Colombia and San Diego.
Harfuch said the man, whose name was not released, was "presumably linked to organized crime in the north of the country."
It was the second killing this month at a Starbucks outlet in Mexico. Earlier this month, a man was shot to death at one of the coffee shops in the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum. Prosecutors there said thieves tried to take the man's watch and then opened fire.
The shooting come just days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States. The three sons of former drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán — known as the "Chapitos" — were among those charged.
According to an indictment released by the Justice Department, the Chapitos and their cartel associates used corkscrews, electrocution and hot chiles to torture their rivals while some of their victims were "fed dead or alive to tigers,"
- In:
- Shooting
- Mexico
veryGood! (21959)
Related
- 3 years after the NFL added a 17th game, the push for an 18th gets stronger
- Casey, McCormick to meet for first debate in Pennsylvania’s battleground Senate race
- Karl-Anthony Towns says goodbye to Minnesota as Timberwolves-Knicks trade becomes official
- Lana Del Rey Speaks Out About Husband Jeremy Dufrene for First Time Since Wedding
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation
- 'Golden Bachelorette' recap: Kickball kaboom as Gerry Turner, Wayne Newton surprise
- Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn’t have enough funding to last through hurricane season
- Pregnant Kylie Kelce Shares Hilarious Question Her Daughter Asked Jason Kelce Amid Rising Fame
- Becky Hammon likens Liberty to Spurs as Aces trail 0-2: 'They feel like something was stolen'
Ranking
- Beware of giant spiders: Thousands of tarantulas to emerge in 3 states for mating season
- 'Deadpool and Wolverine' becomes 'best first-day seller' of 2024 with digital release
- Simone Biles’ post-Olympic tour is helping give men’s gymnastics a post-Olympic boost
- Why is October 3 'Mean Girls' Day? Here's why Thursday's date is the most 'fetch' of them all
- US auto safety agency seeks information from Tesla on fatal Cybertruck crash and fire in Texas
- NFL MVP race: Unlikely quarterbacks on the rise after Week 4
- Some New Orleanians skeptical of city and DOJ’s request to exit consent decree
- Biden arrives in SC amid states' grueling recovery from Helene: Live updates
Recommendation
Connie Chiume, South African 'Black Panther' actress, dies at 72
Shawn Mendes Clarifies How He Feels About Ex Camila Cabello
Former Iowa mayor gets probation for role in embezzlement case
TikTok star 'Mr. Prada' arrested after Baton Rouge therapist found dead in tarp along road
Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
Dunkin' announces Halloween menu which includes Munchkins Bucket, other seasonal offerings
How Love Is Blind’s Nick Really Feels About Leo After Hannah Love Triangle in Season 7
Comedian Jeff Wittek Says He Saw Live Sex at Sean Diddy Combs' Freak-Off Party