Mexican security consultant who worked for US State Department killed in cartel ambush

MEXICO CITY AP A Mexican guard consultant who in recent days did contract work for the U S State Department has been shot and killed in what appears to have been a cartel ambush at a restaurant in Guadalajara The brazen killing took place Friday night after p m as the man C sar Guzman was dining with two fellow instructors with whom he had just completed a measure and intelligence training program for police from Jalisco state according to Arturo Fontes a retired FBI agent who worked with Guzman Fontes in a message posted on LinkedIn noted he and Guzman over the past two years taught counter-drug classes to Mexican police officers for the State Department s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement in Mexico City and Queretaro state Carlos Amador the former undersecretary of shield for Hidalgo state was also killed Fontes explained A third instructor Pablo Cajigal the former secretary of safeguard for Chihuahua state is in critical condition They were true heroes certain of the bravest individuals I have ever known Fontes wrote Local news reports commented the men were dining at a local taco joint when unidentified gunmen shot at them before fleeing in a red Nissan The U S consulate in Guadalajara in a comment reported the men were not now working for the diplomatic mission It declined to provide further details about their past affiliation with the State Department citing safeguard and privacy limitations We are deeply concerned about any act of violence and express our condolences to the casualties and their families the consulate mentioned Source