The two victims were eating in a café in a Mexico City shopping center, according to a report released by the Mexican authorities. A couple was sitting at the adjacent table. After the men ordered their drinks, the man and woman suddenly got up from their table, approached the Israelis and one of them shot them with a pistol.

The female shooter was arrested by security guards at the scene, according to the reports. Her male counterpart managed to escape.

She told investigators that she shot the men because of "betrayal and desire," apparently a criminal code for murder because of treason against the criminal world in Mexico.

"The acting Israeli consul in Mexico, Eli Levy, set out for the location of the incident immediately after he received reports of it, and is working with local authorities to ascertain the identity of the victims," the ministry had said before the victims were identified. Internal Security Minister Álvaro Obregón said that one of the Israeli men died on the spot and the other was rushed to the hospital, where he died of his wounds."The acting Israeli consul in Mexico, Eli Levy, set out for the location of the incident immediately after he received reports of it, and is working with local authorities to ascertain the identity of the victims," the ministry had said before the victims were identified.