MEXICAN actress Tania Mendoza was gunned down while she was waiting to pick up her 11-year-old son from football training. Mendoza, 42, was standing outside the sporting complex in Cuernavaca, Mexico with other parents when two armed men arrived on a motorbike.
InstagramTania Mendoza rose to fame following a lead role in the 2005 film La Mera Mera Reyna del Sur '/ ' 
InstagramMendoza was shot multiple times while waiting to pick up her son from football '/ ' 
Twitter/@TelevisaMorelos It is not yet clear who was behind Mendoza's murder, or any possible motive '/ ' One of the men stepped off the motorbike and shot the mum multiple times before escaping with his accomplice, according to Mexican news outlets. Paramedics and police rushed to the scene on Tuesday evening, where Mendoza was pronounced dead. The actress rose to fame following a lead role in the 2005 film La Mera Reyna del Sur. She also appeared in a number of soap operas, but in recent years was dedicated to her career as a singer, and recorded five albums. It is not yet clear who was behind Mendoza's murder, or any possible motive. Cops have carried out a search for the suspects, but no one has been arrested. Most read in US News UNDER FIRE What to know about Judge Michelle Odinet 'SHOPPING CART KILLER' 'Serial killer' who moves bodies in Target cart is probed as 4 slain TIKTOK THREAT Warning over challenge that urges kids to bring WEAPONS to school tomorrow CASHFLOW Five stimulus check payment programs to replace the monthly $300 child tax credit WE WANT JUSTICE Grieving dad of model's friend wants three suspects hit with MURDER charges FILTHY DEN Inside home where model & friend spent last hours before being left for dead Mendoza was the victim of a brutal kidnapping in 2010, when she was snatched with her husband and six-month-old son from the couple's car wash business. They were taken to a safehouse where they were beaten before eventually being released hours later by three masked captors. Several days later, the kidnappers called Mendoza to extort her and demand that she move from the state of Morelos. Since the horror kidnapping, Mendoza had reportedly complained to the Morelos State Attorney General's Office on several occasions about receiving death threats. At least 10 women were murdered in Mexico every day last year, according to official data. Amnesty International said around a third of victims \- 940 \- were cases of femicide, or the intentional murder of women because of their gender \- calling it a ...shocking epidemic.... Most Read in News UNDER FIRE What to know about Judge Michelle Odinet 'SHOPPING CART KILLER' 'Serial killer' who moves bodies in Target cart is probed as 4 slain TIKTOK THREAT Warning over challenge that urges kids to bring WEAPONS to school tomorrow CASHFLOW Five stimulus check payment programs to replace the monthly $300 child tax credit WE WANT JUSTICE Grieving dad of model's friend wants three suspects hit with MURDER charges FILTHY DEN Inside home where model & friend spent last hours before being left for dead MIND YOUR SAFETY What to know about the December 17 TikTok challenge in schools DEATH TRAP Deadliest animals that can kill humans in SECONDS with bites, stings and poison HOME OF HORRORS Suspects spotted leaving apartment where model & friend seen before deaths A recent United Nations report on gender violence found Mexico was the second most dangerous country in the world for women. The Attorney General's Office said Mendoza's killing would be investigated as femicide, according to Efe news agency. Source:
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The deadly weapon can fly around the world at speeds of nearly 16,000mph And the head of Moscow's strategic missile forces Col-Gen Sergey Karakayev vowed to replace the Mach-27 capable Avangard hypersonic gliding unit by the time the West finds an "antidote" to it. This comes as images purport to show heavy weaponry suspected to be en route to a military field camp near the village of Klintsy in Bryansk region, some 28 miles from the Ukrainian border. Vladimir Putin has amassed more than 100,000 troops near the border in a terrifying escalation of hostilities in recent months. Meanwhile, Russia today marks its annual Day of Strategic Rocket Forces. Speaking of the Satan-2 weapon, also known as Sarmat, Col-Gen Karakayev said: ...Starting from 2022, it is planned to begin gradual removal of the heavy-class silo-based Voyevoda missile system and replace it with Sarmat.... The 15,880mph weapon can deliver between 10 and 15 warheads that weigh up to 10-tonnes to any point in the world flying over both the North and South Poles, say the Kremlin. Most read in US News UNDER FIRE What to know about Judge Michelle Odinet 'SHOPPING CART KILLER' 'Serial killer' who moves bodies in Target cart is probed as 4 slain IN COLD BLOOD Mexican actress shot dead while waiting to pick up her son, 11, from football TIKTOK THREAT Warning over challenge that urges kids to bring WEAPONS to school tomorrow CASHFLOW Five stimulus check payment programs to replace the monthly $300 child tax credit WE WANT JUSTICE Grieving dad of model's friend wants three suspects hit with MURDER charges It has the capability to use trajectories and unpredictable routes which "substantially impede their destruction even by advanced missile defence systems". Karakayev also vowed to keep developing hypersonic weapons \- which move too fast for current missile defence systems \- to stay ahead of the West. He said: ...We must understand this and do it and go further with hypersonic weapons. "By the time they find an antidote, we must have found another solution to this. "And today we are working on it. There are developments, there is work in progress. "I think that this task is within our reach." UNSTOPPABLE KILLER Moscow also made clear that in the coming year it would launch more than ten intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) \- rockets which can fly across the globe. This compares with a total of 25 such launches in the past five years, indicating a significant increase. Western leaders have warned Russia against the "strategic mistake" of invading Ukraine, threatening unprecedented sanctions against Moscow. New military movements highlighted by Zaspisky Okhotnika Telegram channel were interpreted as boosting forces with heavy weapons at military field camps near the village off Klintsy. TENSIONS AT BOILING POINT Tanks are seen being moved by train. Russia has strongly insisted that it is entitled to move military forces on its own territory, and denied it intends to invade Ukraine. The West has expressed deep concern over the number of Russian forces in Voronezh region. Most Read in News UNDER FIRE What to know about Judge Michelle Odinet 'SHOPPING CART KILLER' 'Serial killer' who moves bodies in Target cart is probed as 4 slain IN COLD BLOOD Mexican actress shot dead while waiting to pick up her son, 11, from football TIKTOK THREAT Warning over challenge that urges kids to bring WEAPONS to school tomorrow CASHFLOW Five stimulus check payment programs to replace the monthly $300 child tax credit WE WANT JUSTICE Grieving dad of model's friend wants three suspects hit with MURDER charges FILTHY DEN Inside home where model & friend spent last hours before being left for dead MIND YOUR SAFETY What to know about the December 17 TikTok challenge in schools DEATH TRAP Deadliest animals that can kill humans in SECONDS with bites, stings and poison HOME OF HORRORS Suspects spotted leaving apartment where model & friend seen before deaths Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has insisted that her country has "no aggressive intentions". "We have repeatedly said that on our sovereign territory we have every right to move military units at our own discretion," she said. But she claimed that NATO "is doing everything to destabilise the situation on the continent and undermine the foundations of European security.... 
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