Ciro Gómez Leyva denounces assassination attempt

From the editorial

Newspaper La Jornada
Friday December 16, 2022, p. 3

The journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva denounced on social networks that on Thursday night he was the victim of an attack with firearms, from which he was able to escape unharmed due to the armor of his vehicle.

At 11:10 pm, 200 meters from my house, two people on a motorcycle shot at me, apparently with the clear intent to kill me. The armor of my truck that I was driving saved me and I have reported the matter to the authoritiesGómez Leyva published on his Twitter account.

The head of government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that she had contacted the journalist, to whom, she assured, the Citizen Security Secretariat is already providing the necessary protection. The president pointed out that the investigations began with the cameras of the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Contact Center. Our solidarity and supporthe expressed.

Similarly, the chief of the capital’s police, Omar García Harfuch, published on Twitter: We are going to arrest those responsible and rest assured that he has the full support of the Government of Mexico City and the Secretary of Citizen Security ” .