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Gunman wounds US consular official in western Mexico

By AFP
January 07, 2017

MEXICO CITY: A gunman wounded an official from the US consulate in Mexico´s western city of Guadalajara when he opened fire on his car in broad daylight, officials said Saturday.

The consulate posted a video on Facebook showing the shooter, dressed in blue, waiting outside a parking garage, raising his gun and firing at the car on Friday.

"According to the medical report, he is in stable condition," the Mexican attorney general´s office said in a statement while the FBI offered a $20,000 reward for information about the shooter.