2 security experts killed in armed attack at Guadalajara taquería

Two information experts were killed and 4 different radical were wounded erstwhile gunmen opened occurrence astatine a taco edifice successful the metropolitan country of Guadalajara connected Friday.

Initial reports stated that the 2 men who were killed collaborated with the United States Embassy successful Mexico, but the U.S. Consulate successful Guadalajara said that the victims were not “currently” employees of the U.S. diplomatic ngo successful Mexico.

The deceased were identified arsenic César Gustavo Guzmán González, a erstwhile policeman and president of the occidental Mexico section of the ASIS International enactment for information professionals, and Carlos Amador Chavela, a erstwhile high-ranking information authoritative successful the authorities of Hidalgo.

Both men worked arsenic constabulary trainers and had reportedly taught a people astatine the Police University of Jalisco (Unipol) anterior to their murders.

The equipped onslaught occurred astatine a casual taquería in San Pedro Tlaquepaque, a municipality that borders Guadalajara to the south. The eatery is located connected Santa Rosalía Avenue successful the vicinity of Residencial la Soledad, according to the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (FGE).

The gunmen, who reportedly arrived astatine the taquería successful a vehicle, opened occurrence astatine 9:49 p.m. Friday, the FGE said successful a connection connected Saturday.

The bureau said that its homicides portion was investigating the crime, successful which 2 men and 2 women were wounded successful summation to the fatalities. No arrests were reported.

One of the wounded was identified arsenic Pablo Cajigal del Ángel, a erstwhile instrumentality enforcement authoritative successful Chihuahua, a information adept and a constabulary trainer. He and the 3 different wounded radical were transferred to hospital. Cajigal was reported successful superior condition.

The FGE said that constabulary cordoned disconnected the transgression country and collected grounds to beryllium processed astatine the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences. Authorities haven’t cited immoderate imaginable motives for the attack. Witnesses said that the victims were straight targeted, according to MVS Noticias.

Guzmán, Amador and Cajigal appeared successful a photograph past week with Jalisco Security Minister Juan Pablo Hernández.

The photograph and others were posted to Facebook by Chappela Investigaciones, a consultancy bureau owned by Amador. Another photograph showed constabulary successful a classroom, presumably astatine Unipol. On the whiteboard, César Guzmán, Pablo Cajigal and Carlos Amador were listed arsenic “instructores.”

“A pleasance to tally into the Mtro. [teacher] Cesar Guzmán (FBI) and the Mtro. Pablo Cajigal, among the champion exponents of information successful Mexico and the United States,” Amador wrote connected Facebook.

US Consulate releases connection connected information experts’ deaths

A spokeswoman for the United States Consulate successful Guadalajara said successful a connection that the Consulate was alert of the equipped onslaught successful Tlaquepaque and that it is “deeply” acrophobic by “any enactment of violence.”

“… We explicit our condolences to the victims and their families,” the spokeswoman said.

El consulado de Estados Unidos en #Guadalajara, confirmó que hubo el viernes un ataque armado en Tlaquepaque.

Esto después de las versiones periodísticas que difundieron de que dos instructores que colaboraran con la representación fueron asesinados el viernes en una taquería… pic.twitter.com/J4sb11HrgQ

— Irving (@IrvingPineda) May 18, 2025

She noted that “the victims were not presently employees of the United States diplomatic ngo successful Mexico.”

The spokeswoman didn’t accidental whether the deceased men had collaborated with the U.S. Embassy successful Mexico successful the past.

“Due to the ongoing probe we cannot supply much details astatine this time. We notation your queries to the due Mexican authorities,” she said.

In little remarks to reporters connected Sunday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said:

“The accusation I person present is that they weren’t from the [U.S.] Embassy. The Embassy itself released a statement.”

The paper Reforma reported connected Saturday that Guzmán, Amador — an adept successful the prevention of fiscal crimes — and Cajigal each collaborated with the United States Embassy successful Mexico. They reportedly provided information grooming to embassy unit astatine an unspecified clip successful the past.

Reforma besides said that Guzmán was a erstwhile cause with Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and with Interpol.

Other media outlets reported that Guzmán and Amador worked with the United States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, an bureau of the U.S. Department of State. It wasn’t instantly wide whether the 2 men had worked for oregon with that bureau successful the past.

In a station to societal media, ASIS International expressed its regret implicit the decease of Guzmán.

“We nonstop our astir sincere condolences to his family, loved ones, colleagues and the full information assemblage successful Mexico for this irreparable loss,” said the ASIS section formerly led by Guzmán.

With reports from MVS Noticias, Milenio, El Economista, Informador, El Universal and Reforma