official residence in Guadalupe. Three men shot the mayor in the back on June 19, 2010, in front of his wife and child as he walked to his car, outside the Ciudad Juárez house. The gunmen then fled in a car. Police found 11 bullet shells at the scene of the shooting. In response to Lara's murder, the governor of the state of Chihuahua, José Reyes Baeza, ordered 100 combined federal, state and military troops to guard the state capitol while a closed door session discussed safety measures. Lara "never asked for protection from the city", said the mayor of Ciudad Juárez, who had not been told by his colleague of the latter's residency in Ciudad Juárez. See also Mexican Drug War List of politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War References 1962 births 2010 deaths Assassinated Mexican politicians Politicians killed in the Mexican Drug War 21st-century Mexican politicians Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Deaths by firearm in Mexico Municipal presidents in Chihuahua (state)