The consular official was shot and wounded Friday in a brazen attack by a man wearing a black wig and a blue nurse's uniform outside a shopping centre garage in Mexico's second biggest city.
Officials have not indicated the possible motive nor revealed the identities of the victim or the suspect.
A US government official told AFP the victim was a vice consul at the consulate in Guadalajara. Mexican authorities said he handled interviews of visa applicants.
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