The chief of intelligence for Mexico City's police was murdered on Sunday while he was spending a day off with his family, the case being the latest in a series of high-profile crimes in the country involving activists and politicians.
Milton Morales Figueroa was shot to death in Coalco, in the northern region of Mexico State, while leaving a store on his way to his car. Two cars blocked him and several armed gunned him down in the middle of the crowded street. An agent accompanying him and his brother-in-law were injured and taken to a local hospital, while Figueroa died on the spot as a result of several gunshots to the head.
