The legal director of the New Mexico Congress was shot dead.

 

Nuevo León, August 1. Ricardo  Flores Suárez, legal director of the Nuevo León Congress, was shot and killed on a soccer field in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza; two other people were injured in the attack.

The crime occurred at the Liga Master soccer stadium, near the intersection of Rómulo Garza and Juan Pablo II avenues in San Nicolás, around midnight on Monday, July 31.

According to initial police reports, around 11:17 p.m., a group of armed men stormed the courts, where witnesses of the attack reported hearing at least 10 gunshots and seeing the gunmen speed away in a car.

"At first we thought they were rockets," said a woman at the scene, "but then we saw someone fall and that's when everyone started running."

The attackers apparently got out of the car and shot Flores Suárez, but the bullets also wounded a man and a woman who were nearby. Both were rushed to a hospital.

The 45-year-old lawyer by profession was a member of the National Action Party (PAN) since 2002 and served twice as a federal deputy for that party. He also held positions in the municipality of San Nicolás.