The thief threw himself into a sewer channel to evade authorities. Photo: Video screenshot

A man who stole a car from the streets of Ecatepec, State of Mexicogenerated a strong persecution by the Mexican authorities, who had to use a helicopter to catch the suspected thief who threw himself into a sewer channel so as not to be caught.

According to police reports from Ecatepeca subject armed with a firearm robbed a passing woman of her white Nissan March vehicle. Water Resources Avenue. After notifying the authorities, elements of the Public Safety and Traffic Branch Municipal locates the vehicle and begins a chase on the Circuito Exterior Mexiconse.

After a few minutes, the offender became stuck near the Las Américas toll, for which he exited the vehicle and fled on foot before entering the local sewer channel.

The operational technician of the municipal police, Luis Elder Gomezreported that the attacker entered the drainpipe to escape, so the elements had to call for help from the police helicopter local police, jaguar onein order to have a better visualization of the subject and not manage to escape.

A video circulating on social networks reveals part of the operation carried out by the Ecatepec Police, where the company’s helicopter flies over the sewer channel on one side of the Outdoor circuit Mexican, while police elements on the ground mark a perimeter in the area under the eyes of motorists and passers-by.

Officers, who also entered the sewers, managed to catch up with the attacker and arrest him. Subject was carrying a firearm at the time of capture and was transferred into custody at Hospital Las Américas for medical attention due to the conditions in which he was arrested.

Later, the police transferred him to the Agency of the Public Ministry Specialized in the Theft of Vehicles of the attorney general of justices of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) for relevant investigations.

It is not the first time that persecution and arrest of this type have been recorded, because on February 22, 2022, another thief who had participated in the theft of a vehicle in the same commune, tried to flee in the same way: he threw himself into the sewer channel.

According to the police report, Jaguar One conducted a flyover to locate the offender who jumped into the large drainage channel, but near the El Charco neighborhood.

On this occasion, it was elements of motorcycle patrols who pursued the thief on foot after he had not obeyed the order to stop, for what he considered “a good option” for flee, throwing himself into the sewer channel. .

In 2021, the Ecatepec Town Hall commission the helicopter jaguar oneas part of a security strategy and to carry out aerial patrols on the municipal territory.

According to National Association of Vehicle Tracking and Protection Companies (Anerpv), Ecatepec is one of the municipalities with the highest concentration of insured vehicle thefts,

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