Mexican Actress Tania Mendoza Shot Dead

Mexican actress and singer, Tania Mendoza, was killed in Cuernavaca, central Mexico, by a gunman riding a motorcycle, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

Reports revealed that Mendoza was waiting for her son, who was at a soccer school, when men on a motorcycle shot him several times with firearms, killing her in front of the eyes of her minor child.

Following the incident, elements from the State Prosecutor’s Office and the Morelos Police arrived at the scene, but the artist no longer showed vital signs.

The Secretary of Government of Morelos, Pablo Ojeda Cárdenas, declared: “As in all cases of intentional homicides of women, femicides are an issue that is not always occupied in the Coordination Table for La Paz, so we will work in coordination with the State Attorney General’s Office so that there is no impunity.”

The 42-year-old actress, known for starring in the 2005 film ‘La mera reina del sur’, was abducted in 2010 along with her husband and son.

Notably, Mexico has been hit by an endless wave of violence that has claimed the lives of more than 300.000 people since December 2006, according to official figures.