Politics Country November 01, 2024

Armed Robbery Attempt in Mexico City

Three armed individuals attempted to rob a driver in Mexico City. Thanks to police efforts, two suspects were apprehended after a chase. The investigation revealed links to previous robberies.


Armed Robbery Attempt in Mexico City

Two assailants attacked a Porsche driver when he was at a gas station. They were detained by employees of the Main Security Management of Mexico (SSC) in the colony Daniel Garza, in the territory of the Miguel Hidalgo administrative district. It should be noted that the complaint that allowed them to detain them was filed regarding another incident, committed on October 31 against a driver who was at a gas station located at the intersection of General Miguel Kintana and Camino-de-los-Toros streets, in the Santa-Maria-Nonalko colony.

According to the words of the victim, when he was waiting to fuel his car with gasoline, he was approached by two assailants, threatening him with a firearm, they seized his high-end smartphone and wallet, after which they fled the scene of the crime on two motorcycles.

"We learned that the detained 19-year-old man has a record in the Penitentiary system of Mexico for robbery with specific aggravating circumstances in 2023 and was qualified for robbery in 2024; moreover, he has eight previous records for various forms of robbery," the report states.

As for the detained 27-year-old man, he has a registration prior to the court for the consumption of alcoholic beverages in a public place.

However, thanks to the fact that in another establishment, his phone was tracked, police were able to locate him on General Jose Maria Garza Mendivil street and the colony Amado Camacho, where four firearms were found on two motorcycles, which, seeing the police, fled.

Through the virtual block system in cooperation with monitors C2 and C5 and as a result of subsequent tracking, police detained individuals in the streets of General Miguel Kintana and Camino-de-los-Toros, in the same colony, one of them after he fell from a white motorcycle, in front of meters, after which they detained another person on a black motorcycle.

SSC elements detained men aged 27 and 19, after carrying out subsequent reviews at their bags, a replica of a short-barreled firearm was found in a backpack, five wallets, two hours, two mobile phones, and cash.