Overview

• Seven men and one woman were detained on court warrants tied to an April 26 express kidnapping in Iztapalapa, with arrests executed in Cuauhtémoc, Iztapalapa and Ecatepec.
• Authorities allege three SSC‑CdMx officers colluded with a criminal cell that abducted the victim in a patrol vehicle, moved him between cars and secured bank deposits before releasing him.
• Investigators used CCTV analysis, interviews and financial tracing to identify patrol occupants, private‑vehicle drivers and holders of the bank accounts used in the ransom scheme.
• Ten mobile phones and a vehicle were seized during the Mexico City operations, and the detainees were placed at capital penitentiaries following the execution of arrest and search orders.
• In a separate action in Tabasco, three women were arrested after a February kidnapping of a merchant that included a WhatsApp ransom demand, with coordinated raids carried out across Centro, Cárdenas, Cunduacán and Nacajuca.