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  • an ex governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco was shot dead early on Friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach resort of birth of a lotta state, officials said.

  • Former governor Aristotle A.

  • Sandoval was shot in the back at around 1:40 a.m. local time by an unidentified assailant while his security detail was outside the restaurant.

  • The attorney general said investigators believe 8 to 10 suspects were involved in the attack but did not indicate who was responsible.

  • But a federal officials said authorities suspected the Jalisco new generation cartel was C J N G to be involved.

  • Sandoval's 2000 and 13 to 18 term as governor was marred by the rise of the C J N G, a drug gang that went from relative obscurity to become one of the most powerful in the country.

  • Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered his condolences and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

an ex governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco was shot dead early on Friday in the bathroom of a restaurant in the beach resort of birth of a lotta state, officials said.

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