Israeli Former Shin Bet Agent Shot Dead In Mexico

Jewish Liaison - An Israeli citizen identified as Yehudá Cohen was shot to death on Saturday in the town of Tulum in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

According to the local portal El Sureste , the execution took place around 4:00 pm in the apartment of the deceased in the Ocean condominiums of the exclusive complex “ Aldea Zama ” in Tulum , between Nakbe and Yaxchilán streets .

The site indicated that the authorities who came to the scene after reports and found a 29-year-old woman from Venezuela named Andreina , who claimed to be Cohen's sister-in-law .

The woman explained that 3 subjects abruptly entered the apartment and proceeded to beat her and lock her in a laundry room. It was when he said he had heard 2 detonations from a firearm.

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After coming out and noticing that the subjects were gone, he said he saw Cohen in a pool of blood. The Quintana Roo Attorney General's Office announced that it had already opened an investigation folder on the events and indicated that it had launched an operation to find the suspects.

While El Sureste limited itself to pointing out the deceased as having Uruguayan nationality, the Israeli portal Ynet indicated that Cohen , 43, possessed Israeli citizenship and in the past served in the General Security Service of Israel , better known as the Shin Bet or Shabak  Read more at Enlace Judio