A woman in a blonde wig is suspected of carrying out a hit on two alleged Israeli underworld figures in a busy restaurant in Mexico City.<\/p>\n
Alon Azulay, 41, and Benjamin Yeshurun Sutchi, 44, were shot dead on Wednesday as fellow diners looked on.<\/p>\n
The woman, who was arrested as she attempted to flee, told police it was a crime of passion.<\/p>\n
But police are now investigating if it was actually a “settling of scores” between rival criminal gangs.<\/p>\n
“The passion motive has been discarded,” Ulises Lara, a spokesman for prosecutors in Mexico City, told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“The event yesterday lead us to link the events to a settling of scores between criminal groups.”<\/p>\n
Israel’s embassy in Mexico said the men had criminal records in both Israel and Mexico, while Israeli local media has claimed Sutchi was well-known within Israel’s criminal underworld.<\/p>\n
Police sources told Ynet they were in no doubt it was an “assassination” ordered by another Israeli.<\/p>\n
However, the woman, named in Mexican media as Esperanza N, 33, told police she had attacked the men after a romantic relationship which began on social media turned sour.<\/p>\n
She was caught as she fled the scene, trying to change clothes and discard her disguise, according to local reports.<\/p>\n
Police, who are investigating possible links to drug trafficking, arms sales or money laundering, have also said they believe she was working with at least three accomplices.<\/p>\n
A gunman shot and wounded a police officer outside the shopping centre where the attack took place.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"