By The opinion
Jun 21, 2024, 3:31 PM EDT
Police officers in Mexico are not only belittled and victims of constant insecurity, they are also attacked by citizens and criminals who try to escape the law. A clear example of this occurred in León, Guanajuato, where armed men ran over a uniformed man during a chase. . Another civilian was injured as a result of this incident.
It happened in broad daylight, The events were captured by a video surveillance camera, and the video was broadcast by the AM portal, which reported the sequence of the event. According to reports, the police officer was carrying out a security patrol aboard a motorcycle when he received a report of a car containing armed people. Upon seeing it, he stopped the vehicle.
As usually happens in events that trigger chases, the driver of the vehicle not only did not stop, but accelerated, so The agent began a chase and called for backup.
Something that is not seen in the video, but that was reported in the police report, is that when the officer approached the vehicle, one of the crew members took out a gun and pointed it at him, detonating it, so the police officer took cover. for a moment and prepared his charge weapon.
When they were traveling near a bike lane, the police officer approached the suspects from the left side, at which point the driver made a maneuver to run him overthrowing him into a median just as a young man on an electric scooter passed by.
While the agent was unharmed, the young man – a collateral victim – was seriously injured, so he was transferred to a hospital where he is reported to be stable, with several fractures being treated.
Suspects arrested
The recording also shows the moment in which the occupants of the pursued vehicle try to flee from it immediately after running over the police officer.
It is seen when they run down the street, just when more police arrive to reinforce the situation. It was the reinforcements that They arrested the three suspects, who were identified as Naomí Yamilé, 20 years old; Irvin Alexis, 17 years old, and Alexis, 24 years old, all originally from Mexico City. A firearm was seized from those arrested.
Police in Guanajuato
Guanajuato is the most violent state in Mexico since 2018, it has the highest homicide rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Much of this situation is due to the operation of organized crime in the area.
For the police, the situation is no different, since the organization Causa en Común has a record of 30 elements murdered so far in 2024 in that state, being the one that heads the list of this problem. Most of the murders were recorded in Celaya.
Last year Guanajuato was also the deadliest Mexican state for police officerssince 2023 closed with the alarming number of 60 uniformed personnel murdered.
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