Mexico City: A former governor of the western Mexico state of Colima was shot on Monday while having breakfast at a restaurant, and is in stable but "delicate" condition, authorities said.
Fernando Morena Pena, who governed between 1997-2003, was with the former dean of the University of Colima when two people entered the restaurant and opened fire on him, a spokesman for the state public security department told AFP.
The spokesman said Morena Pena, a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery.
Another former Colima governor, Silverio Cavazos, was shot dead outside his house in 2010.
Fernando Morena Pena, who governed between 1997-2003, was with the former dean of the University of Colima when two people entered the restaurant and opened fire on him, a spokesman for the state public security department told AFP.
The spokesman said Morena Pena, a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery.
Another former Colima governor, Silverio Cavazos, was shot dead outside his house in 2010.
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