Top federal official gunned down in broad daylight on busy avenue near U.S. border in Mexico

Mexican investigators suspect organized crime involvement in the assassination of Ernesto Vásquez Reyna, a federal official in Tamaulipas, likely as retaliation for recent fuel seizures. The attack occurred in Reynosa, a city known for cartel violence, where Vásquez Reyna was killed by gunmen, with authorities linking the incident to a faction of the Gulf Cartel amid ongoing conflicts over drug trafficking and fuel theft.

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