Mexican cop killed by unidentified group

A young police officer was shot by strangers after leaving work in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, late Thursday night.

San Luis city officials said 24-year-old Alex Iván Gámez Navarro was driving on Ave. Calzada Constitución and Los Pinos Blvd. A group of unidentified people drove up next to Gámez and began to fire AR-15 rifles at his vehicle.

Authorities said Gámez died at the scene.

” We are working to bring peace to our city, ” city officials said in a statement.

According to La Tribuna de San Luis, Gámez was working at El Golfo de Santa Clara when a resident died in a confrontation with a criminal group and city police Tuesday evening.

Several residents told News 11 they are living in fear like a simple trip to the store is now questioned, many people did not want to be on camera because of fear of retaliation.

” Because we’re here in a border town, what happens there happens here, most of these shootings have to do with the drug cartels, ” said Rosa Maria, a resident from San Luis, Mexico.

According to the Sonoran Government Statistics ( SGS ), this week alone, four were killed and one injured. In the last nine months, 64 people were killed, the majority lost their lives due to shootings.

” That the cartel was going to go on a rampage shooting a lot of people in San Luis, Mexico, there were rumors of an alert that started at 8 last night until the end of today, ” said Maria.

In 2019 there has been a 114 percent increase in homicides compared to 2018, according to SGS .