Mexico Crime Gun violence Media See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow

A federal prosecutor in Mexico has been killed in a drive-by shooting that has shocked the nation after video footage of the attack circulated online.

The footage shows the prosecutor sitting on a road in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, shortly after his car has caught fire. A white vehicle then drives past and the sound of multiple gunshots rings out. The prosecutor falls to the ground and then lies motionless. It’s not clear what caused the fire.

The Mexican Attorney General’s Office has identified the killed man as Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vásquez Reyna, who worked in the state of Tamaulipas.

The scene in Reynosa. Portions of this image

See Full Page