Horrific mystery as middle-aged American couple are brutally killed during Mexico break

An American couple was executed while on vacation in the western Mexican state of Michoacán on Wednesday. A spokesperson with the Michoacán State Attorney General's Office told DailyMail.com on Friday that the couple arrived in Mexico on November 30 to celebrate the holidays with their loved ones. Rafael was the brother-in-law of Angamacurito Mayor Humberto Pacheco A spokesperson for the Michoacán State Attorney General's Office told DailyMail.com that American couple, Rafael Cardona, 53, and his wife Gloria Cardona, 50, were traveling in a pickup truck when they came under fire in the municipality of Angamacurito. Gloria died at the scene and Cardona was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died The Michoacán State Attorney General's Office is leading the investigation and had not announced any arrests as of Friday. Angamacurito Mayor Hermes Pacheco and his wife, Lucy Cardona Aguilera, have not publicly addressed the murder of her brother and sister-in-law, two U.S. citizens who were shot dead Wednesday night Data released at a press conference this week showed an 18.1 percent decrease in the average of daily homicides that were reported from 2019 to 2024.