Former governor Aristotle A.

前州長亞里士多德-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.

當地時間凌晨1點40分左右，桑多瓦爾在餐廳外被一名身份不明的襲擊者開槍擊中背部。

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

檢察長說，調查人員認為有8至10名嫌疑人参與了這次襲擊，但沒有說明是誰幹的。

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

但一名聯邦官員說，當局懷疑哈利斯科州新一代卡特爾是C J N G參與。

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.

桑多瓦爾2000年和13至18年的州長任期被C J N G的崛起所破壞，這個販毒團伙從相對默默無聞到成為全國最強大的團伙之一。

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

墨西哥總統安德烈-曼努埃爾-洛佩斯-奧布拉多表示哀悼，併發誓要將肇事者繩之以法。