Overview

• On July 17 in Tepito, a 47-year-old man doused an acquaintance with aerosol and ignited him during a street dispute, an act captured by C2 Centro CCTV.
• Monitoristas at the command center alerted SSC officers who found the suspect hiding in a blue combi and seized the makeshift incendiary device.
• The victim suffered first- and second-degree burns to the neck, back and left arm along with a facial laceration and was treated by Protección Civil paramedics before hospital transfer.
• The suspect, who has prior convictions for robbery in 1998 and 2000 and firearm possession in 2021, remains in SSC custody awaiting proceedings before the Ministerio Público.
• Mexico City’s first-quarter data showed over 44,000 investigations for intentional injuries, including more than 5,300 involving weapons, underscoring the challenge of urban violence.