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Bullet holes are seen in the window of a car that former state's witness Basel Mustafa Assi was found shot to death in on September 13, 2019, in Kafr Bara. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 14, 2019, 11:41 am
Former state’s witness in mob case gunned down in car
Police open investigation into shooting death of Basel Mustafa Assi, whose testimony led to conviction of 15 gang members
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of a woman in a blonde wig seen talking with two Israeli men who were gunned down moments later by suspected assassins in Mexico City, July 27, 2019. (YouTube)
September 7, 2019, 1:32 pm
Mexico makes arrest in killing of Israeli mobster, associate
Cops pick up 23-year-old man with a criminal record who was reportedly inside the Mexico City restaurant when Ben Suthi and Alon Azoulay were shot dead there in July
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Police at a crime scene. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
August 19, 2019, 4:40 am
Unknown assailants detonate bomb in Bnei Brak apartment building; no injuries
Police exploring possible attempt to threaten senior municipal officials living in the building; stun grenade thrown at Netivot mayor’s home
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of a woman in a blonde wig seen talking with two Israeli men who were gunned down moments later by suspected assassins in Mexico City, July 27, 2019. (YouTube)
July 31, 2019, 4:32 pm
Mexico looking for woman suspected of luring Israeli gangster into assassination
Authorities believe ‘La Guera’ invited Ben Suthi and his associate to Mexico City restaurant, where they were gunned down on behalf of drug cartel
By TOI staff
Israeli crime boss Ben Suthi being extradited from Mexico to Israel in 2004. (Channel 13 screenshot)
July 30, 2019, 11:18 am
Mexico says it’s identified organization behind killing of Israeli crime boss
Prosecutor does not name the group blamed for death of Ben Suthi and his associate, gunned down in cafe last week, says officials working closely with Israeli authorities
By TOI staff
Israeli crime boss Ben Suthi being extradited from Mexico to Israel in 2004. (Channel 13 screenshot)
July 27, 2019, 8:00 am
Israeli crime boss shot dead in Mexico was underworld ‘legend’
Ben Suthi had been in a decades long feud with one of Israel’s top criminal organizations at the time of his killing, which Mexican authorities believe was a ‘settling of scores’
By TOI staff
Police arrive at an upscale shopping mall at the south of Mexico City, July 24, 2019, where a woman wearing a blond wig disguise killed two Israeli men (AP Photo)
July 26, 2019, 10:52 pm
Mexico says assassination of Israelis linked to money laundering, drug cartels
Hit on 2 Israelis connected to Israeli and Mexican criminal organizations, says top police official; Mexican media reports shooters may have worked for the notorious Jalisco cartel
By Agencies and TOI staff
Security camera footage shows a woman who appears to be Esperanza Gutierrez Rojano holding a pistol before shooting Israelis Ben Suthi and Alon Azoulay in Mexico City on July 24, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 26, 2019, 6:58 pm
Security footage shows female assassin killing Israeli crime bosses in Mexico
Main suspect in the murders of Ben Suthi and Alon Azoulay can be seen in the video dining with accomplice before gunning down two Israelis at close range
By TOI staff
People hiding under tables during a shooting at a cafe in Mexico City, July 24, 2019. (screen capture: YouTube)
July 25, 2019, 5:38 pm
Israeli shot dead by female assassin in Mexico was prominent underworld figure
Police said to suspect killing wasn’t a crime of passion, as the shooter claims, but a hit commissioned by Israeli mob bosses
By TOI staff
Wreckage of a car after a suspected mob-related bombing in Hadera, May 15, 2019 (Israel Police)
July 24, 2019, 6:05 am
Man killed in apparent mob-related car explosion in Tel Aviv
Police initially suspect man was victim of attack, but are now probing possibility he was transporting the bomb when it accidentally detonated
By TOI staff
Umm El-Fahm in northern Israel, December 31, 2011. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 3:14 pm
Man stabbed to death in Umm al-Fahm
Motive for attack not yet known; victim, 35, pronounced dead at the scene in crime-riddled northern town
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A police cruiser in the Israeli coastal town of Bat Yam on February 27, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
March 16, 2019, 2:59 am
Man shot dead in suspected gang-related hit in Jaffa
Police searching for assailant, who fled after firing at 26-year-old over 10 times; victim was reportedly involved in dispute with local crime family
By TOI staff
Police at the scene of a suspected gang hit in Ramat Gan, on February 26, 2019. (Flash90)
February 26, 2019, 1:31 pm
Ramat Gan man shot dead in suspected gangland hit
Police searching for gunman, who fled after opening fire on 24-year-old man; victim was reportedly a suspect in 2018 car bombing that killed 2
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The scene of a drive-by shooting in the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm that left a 14-year-old boy wounded on December 26, 2018. The white car in the center was the target of the shooting, police said. (Hadashot TV screen capture)
December 26, 2018, 11:41 am
14-year-old seriously hurt in Umm al-Fahm drive-by shooting
Police deploy roadblocks, launch manhunt for motorcyclist suspected in attack in northern town
By TOI staff
A car in flames outside the Elad home of an Israel Prisons Service intelligence officer believed targeted by criminal organizations, November 2018. (Israel Prisons Service)
December 13, 2018, 9:00 am
Bomb goes off outside prison officer’s home amid intimidation campaign
Explosion seen as the latest incident in a spate of attacks by criminal organizations against prison officials
By TOI staff
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