Overview
- The theft was discovered Tuesday morning at a casa de cambio in Plaza Las Palmas in the Contry neighborhood of south Monterrey.
- Police reports indicate the intruders broke the glass door of the adjacent Nails Bar and opened a hole in the shared wall to enter the exchange.
- Once inside, the perpetrators forced the safe, rifled through drawers, and damaged the monitoring and video equipment.
- Agents from the State Investigations Agency and municipal police processed the scene, interviewed staff, and began analyzing camera recordings from the area.
- Authorities have not named suspects or recovered the cash, and a separate San Pedro detention of Alejandro “N” with a firearm and suspected drugs has not been tied to the robbery.