Arrest of alleged bank robbery suspect in Tláhuac, Mexico City, Digi Mart USA News (Tláhuac, Mexico City): A 40-year-old man was detained by officers of the Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana (SSC) after he allegedly robbed a bank branch and threatened an employee with a replica firearm to demand cash.
The incident took place at a bank located on Avenida Tláhuac and Calle Gabriel Hernández, in the La Magdalena neighborhood of the Tláhuac borough. The suspect allegedly entered the branch, threatened a worker to seize cash, and then fled the location.
After receiving the robbery report, operators at the Centro de Comando y Control (C2) Oriente alerted officers, who went to the scene and recorded the physical characteristics and clothing of the alleged perpetrator to begin a search.
Using that information, police located the individual a short distance ahead, where they intercepted him and carried out a preventive inspection. Officers reportedly found cash and a replica firearm, objects the man allegedly used during the robbery.
The man was detained, informed of his constitutional rights, and taken before a Public Ministry agent, who will determine his legal status for his alleged involvement in the bank robbery.
