Overview
- Police operating a Conduce Sin Alcohol checkpoint stopped a black car at Ribera de San Cosme and Insurgentes Norte in Colonia San Rafael during the early hours of August 22.
- A 19-year-old passenger tried to flee but was caught as a man in the rear seat asked for help and said he had been intercepted after work, beaten, and forced into the vehicle.
- The driver, 48, and the 19-year-old were detained and presented to the Fiscalía Antisecuestros, and the Ministerio Público is integrating the investigation.
- ERUM paramedics documented a contusion with edema to the zygomatic arch on the rescued man, and no hospital transfer was needed.
- A 30-year-old cousin reported receiving ransom demands and confirmed a bank deposit, and the SSC said the incident demonstrates how these checkpoints can detect serious crimes.