The commissioner was spending the day with his family in the State of Mexico, when he was intercepted by hitmen.
Morales led major cases against organized crime and was one of Omar García Harfuch’s strong men.
The head of intelligence of the Mexico City police, Commissioner Milton Morales Figueroa, was shot dead this Sunday morning in Coacalco, a municipality in the north of the State of Mexico.
Morales was off duty, spending the day with his family. When he left a store in the direction of his personal car, two vehicles blocked his path and several armed men opened fire.
Another agent who accompanied him and his brother-in-law were injured and taken to a nearby hospital. The commissioner died almost instantly from several impacts to the head.
Morales had led operations against organized crime, such as the attack four years ago against the then chief of the capital’s police, Omar García Harfuch, of whom Morales was one of his most trusted men.
The commissioner was a key official in President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s anti-violence strategy.
Source: EL PAiS
