Nineteen people are arrested for failed assassination of Mexico City's police chief by the Jalisco cartel which left two cops - including his bodyguard - and a mother-of-two dead
- At least 19 people have been arrested for a failed plot to kill police chief Omar García Harfuch
- Gabriela Gómez, who was shot dead while sitting in her car during the shootout, has now been laid to rest
- The 26-year-old was with her husband and other families on their way to sell
- Harfuch was struck three times but survived during the assassination attempt which also left two police officers - including his bodyguard - dead
At least 19 people have been arrested for a failed plot by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to kill Mexico City police chief Omar García Harfuch.
The Friday shooting, supported by three local gangs, saw Harfuch struck three times but he survived. Two other cops - including Harfuch's bodyguard - and married mother-of two Gabriela Gómez, who was caught in the crossfire, died.
Gómez was laid to rest Sunday. She had been in a vehicle with her husband, José García, when she was shot in the head during the ambush in the exclusive Lomas de Chaputelpec area.
The 26-year-old woman's sister, Tania Sandoval, was also in the car and suffered a non-life threatening gun shot wound.
Pictured are the 12 men who participated in Friday morning's attack against the police chief of Mexico City
Pictured are three of the 12 individuals who participated in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel's alleged plot to assassinate the police chief of Mexico City on Friday morning
Gabriela Gómez (pictured second from left) with her husband, José García, their two daughters and her sister, Tania Sandoval (right). Gómez was in a car with her husband, sister and two siblings when she was shot in the head during a shootout Friday between cartel assassins and the police who were protecting Mexico City's police chief, Omar García Harfuch
More than a dozen men opened fire on a caravan of bulletproof SUVs that were transporting Harfuch at 6.38am.
The body of Gómez, a native of the State of Mexico municipality of Xalatlaco who had been working at a family street food stand business since she was 10-year-old, was turned over to her family for burial on Saturday afternoon when a viewing was held at her home in the El Potrero neighborhood.
Mexico City's Executive Commission for Attention to Victims said in a statement: 'Communication and follow-up are maintained with her husband, indirect victim and close relatives, whom commission staff have accompanied in the process, guaranteeing at all times the legal, psycho-emotional, and social work support, as well as the supply of funeral services and food assistance are covered.'
They have been issued a payment of just 10,000 Mexican pesos ($463).
Mexico City police chief Omar García Harfuch (left) at his hospital bed during a visit with mayor Claudia Sheinbaum
Pictured: Local media reported that this image shows the Mexico City police chief being treated at the scene by paramedics. Harfuch was shot three times and one of his bodyguards died trying to protect him
However, Mexico City congressman Federico Döring blasted the government for not helping the Gómez family enough.
Döring also criticized Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, who took to Twitter to share a picture of her sitting next to Harfuch at the hospital.
'This woman was a worker and lived daily. Do not leave the family alone,' Döring said, according to Mexican newspaper El Universal.
'Hopefully they have clearer care and we demand that the government give them all the support, ranging from housing and scholarships to guaranteeing the university studies of the minors and that they are not left unprotected.'
Patricia Gómez (pictured) shows a family picture of her sister Gabriela Gómez, the 26-year-old married mother of two girls who was slain Friday in Mexico City during an attack launched by cartel hitmen who were trying to kill the police chief of Mexico's capital
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