Organized crime and violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has forced a local sanctuary to close and transfer at least 700 animals – including elephants, tigers, lions, ostriches, chickens, monkeys,

A pack of veterinarians clamber over hefty metal crates of animals they load one-by-one onto a fleet of semi-trucks.

The private secretary and an adviser to the mayor of Mexico City were shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle in an attack in the Mexican capital Tuesday.

The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor have been fatally shot in a central neighborhood of the capital.

The attack occurred around 7 a.m. as the two officials sat inside an Audi on a major Mexico City thoroughfare.