Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News 

Video Credit: CEN

This is the moment two hitmen dressed as medics shoot dead a civil servant leaving his home with his son.

According to local media, 60-year-old Victor Manuel Armante, an official for the city council of Bacum in the north-western Mexican state of Sonora, was leaving his home in the city of Ciudad Obregon when he was allegedly targeted by two waiting assassins.

In the footage, the victim is seen leaving the property in his car as one of the men dressed as medics starts shooting at him before escaping.

Reports said that Armante was with his 28-year-old son Victor Manuel at the time of the shooting.

Armante died in the vehicle while Victor Manuel was hospitalised with a facial injury, according to local media.

The official reportedly survived a previous attack on his life on 28th February when he managed to escape an ambush and hide in a police station.

The state authorities have confirmed they are investigating Armante’s death and that no one has been arrested so far.

The state of Sonora borders with the US and is said to be a key region for drug trafficking organisations.

In the first nine months of 2019, 761 homicides have been recorded in the state, according to the Secretariat of Public Security.

The figure is nearly double the number for 2009 when 404 homicides were registered.

Reports said the state is contested between members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel and factions of the Beltran-Leyva Cartel.

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