On Tuesday, armed men stormed the Mexican Mint, located at 295 Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City.
What do you know, so far, about the robbery?
According to authorities of the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (PGJCDMX), at around 9:30 hours the only armed security officer protecting the entrance of the Mint was amagated by three armed persons, indicated in an interview with Denisse Maerker for Radion Formula, the head of the Ministry of Citizen Security (SSC), Jesús Orta.
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Inside the offices, two of the alleged assailants subdued two men and three women, while the third of them stayed at the door of the building to watch.
The two men who entered the offices headed straight to the vault, where they stole a total of 567 centenarians and some commemorative clocks, valued at approximately 52 million pesos.
According to reports from the newspaper Reforma, the Ministry of Citizen Security indicated that the assault did not comply with security protocols, so two employees and a watchman were presented to the Public Prosecutor’s Office to testify.
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They also reported that they are monitoring through the Command and Contro Center (C2) and the C5 to try to locate those responsible, who after the assault fled in an unknown direction.
Casa de Moneda México is a decentralized body of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. It was founded on May 11, 1535.
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The one located in Paseo de la Reforma is only a distribution center. Two other branches are located in San Luis Potosí.
With Information on Radioformula and Reform (subscription required).
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