What to know about the recent needle attacks on Mexico City’s Metro

Mexico. Undercover police will monitor Mexico City's subway, following reports of punctures by passengers who have in some cases been positive for narcotics, authorities announced this Friday.Since mid-March, at least 41 people reported having been victims of this alleged form of theft. In four cases toxicological evidence has resulted in the presence of “some substance in the person's body,” said the capital's prosecutor, Bertha Mayor, in a pre…

According to the Prosecutor to the General of Justice of CDMX, 41 complaints have been filed for punctures, of which 4 have any substance.

Mexico City Metro, one of the largest in the world, has historically been a propitious area for crime. Throughout its history, its 195 stations were the scene of protagonists of the black chronicle as pickpockets, rapists, kidnappers, and now it again generates commotion by a modality that has the authorities in silo: its users are drugged in the crowds by syringe punctures. Since two weeks ago various hospitals in the Mexican capital receive be…

Would-Be Kidnappers Now Injecting Victims with Drugs in Mexico City

Authorities in Mexico City are trying to keep the public calm as they deal with a wave of attacks where victims are being targeted while using public transportation and being injected with unknown chemicals. The victims have been reporting feeling a needle prick, followed by loss of consciousness or feeling disoriented. The post Would-Be Kidnappers Now Injecting Victims with Drugs in Mexico City appeared first on Breitbart.

The authorities of Mexico City activated security protocols and alerted the population to the cases of alleged “punches” in the facilities of Metro and Metrobus, where users have reported having felt pickets with sharp objects, followed by symptoms such as dizziness, drowsiness or fainting.The case has generated alarm among the inhabitants and users of the public transport of the CDMX, since the authorities have reported, until this Wednesday, A…

What to know about the recent needle attacks on Mexico City’s Metro

A man accused of injecting a female passenger with a sedative on the Mexico City Metro was arrested and charged with assault this week after more than 20 victims reported similar attacks over the past two weeks. The suspect has been taken to the Reclusorio Sur prison, where he awaits arraignment. The arrest comes less than a week after the Mexico City government activated a rapid-response protocol to address complaints of recent “needle attacks”…