Overview

• Video from the September 4 incident on Line 8 at Garibaldi/Lagunilla shows dozens of women, including one carrying a baby, fleeing a women-and-children carriage coughing and covering their faces.
• Witness accounts say a dispute over a seat preceded a passenger spraying pepper spray inside the closed carriage.
• The Metro said security personnel broke up a fight among three people at the station and transferred those involved to the Public Ministry.
• News outlets continue to report uncertainty over whether the aggressor was actually detained or may have left the scene.
• The episode intensified calls for stronger safety measures on the Metro, including bag checks and a larger presence of surveillance personnel, as coverage outlined pepper spray’s short-term health risks.