This is the moment a wife who wanted a divorce is run over and stabbed to death by her jealous husband right in front of a security guard who shoots him dead.

The incident took place outside the state governor's official residence in the city of Guadalajara in the western Mexican state of Jalisco and was filmed by a CCTV camera.

According to local media, the husband, who had been reported for aggressive behaviour towards his wife on two previous occasions, attacked her because she was in the process of divorcing him.

The victim, Vanessa Gaytan Ochoa, was on her way to work when she noticed her estranged husband following in a car behind.

Reports said that she called her lawyer who told her to go to the nearby Casa Jalisco where Governor Enrique Alfaro was holding a meeting on state security.

She took a taxi to the official residence and was in the process of explaining the situation to a security guard at the entrance when her husband, Irwin Emanuel Ramirez Barajas, reportedly attacked her.

The terrifying moment Vanessa Gaytan Ochoa was run down by her estranged husband Irwin Ramirez in the Mexican city of Guadalajara

In the CCTV footage, Ochoa is seen talking to an official at the entrance to the governor's residence as a speeding silver car suddenly approaches and rams into the woman and checkpoint booth.

The young woman gets up from the strong impact, but her husband comes running at her with a knife and appears to stab her in the neck area.

Meanwhile, the security guard appears with his gun drawn and seems to shoot several times.

According to local media, both the husband and wife were rushed to hospital.

Sadly, Ochoa reportedly died of her injuries while her husband succumbed to the bullet wounds he sustained from the guard.

Irwin Emanuel Ramirez Barajas, who Ms Ochoa was divorcing after alleging threatening behaviour, runs to stab his wie in the neck as she climbs to her feet after he ran her down

A security guard at the state governor's office appears to shoot Irwin Ramirez Barajas after he ran over and fatally stabbed his estranged wife Vanessa Gaytan Ochoa

The couple was said to be in the process of divorcing and the victim had reported Ramirez Barajas to the police for aggressive behaviour in 2017 and in February this year.

Meanwhile, residents have staged a demonstration outside the governor's residence to demand justice.

They reportedly read out a statement where they called it 'unacceptable' that a woman who had reported her husband to the authorities was murdered outside the state building.