Overview
- A 37-year-old merchant flagged down officers at Aluminio and Sorpresa in Felipe Ángeles and reported three men had just taken more than 56,000 pesos as an extortion payment.
- Using the victim’s descriptions and a virtual tracking perimeter, SSC officers quickly located and detained three suspects.
- Police seized a red backpack containing 56,910 pesos in cash and three cellphones, which were secured as evidence.
- The victim identified the detainees, ages 24, 25 and 28, who were advised of their rights and presented to the Ministerio Público.
- Authorities say the men may be tied to a wider criminal group involved in extortion, gun trafficking, drug sales and homicides, identified in some reports as La Unión Tepito.