Two Israelis shot dead in
Mexico City were involved in money laundering and had links to local mafias, Mexico's government said on Friday.
Alon Azulay, 41, and Benjamin Yeshurun Sutchi, 44, were gunned down in a restaurant inside a mall in the south of the sprawling capital city on Thursday.
"These are a settling of scores between organized criminal gangs with various interests," said Alfonso Durazo, the secretary of security and civilian protection.