Unraveling the Truth: What Really Happened on Río Mixcoac Avenue

2024-04-27 21:44:00

After users on social networks reported an alleged massive assault on Río Mixcoac Avenuein the Benito Juárez mayor’s officethe Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City issued a clarification regarding what happened.

According to reports that circulated on the social network Xduring the early morning of Friday, April 26around 1:30 am, several vehicles were ‘blocked’ by a group of motorcyclists in it Mixcoac-Insurgentes unevennesspresumably with the purpose of stripping them of their belongings.

“Neighbors, good morning, I just want to tell you what happened to us this morning so that you can take precautions. My husband and I were driving along the Mixcoac River where the tunnels are towards Mixcoac, when suddenly the cars began to stop, at 1:30 in the morning there is not much traffic so it seemed strange to us, so my “husband stopped much earlier.”, said one of the messages published on X.

“We didn’t know what was happening until we realized that there were several motorcyclists who were blocking the way, sThey got off the motorcycles and began to assault the people in the cars, We turned back to take another route. Everything happened very quickly, I was only able to take this photo,” added one of the testimonies, who shared an image of the low bridge.

In the photograph you can see several cars stopped in the middle of the road, while another vehicle reverses to get out of the traffic jam.

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“Neighbors, good morning, I just want to tell you what happened to us this morning so that you can take precautions. My husband and I were traveling along the Mixcoac River where the tunnels are towards Mixcoac,… pic.twitter.com/dopoO3gMbP

— Darpan 30 𝕏 (@darpan_bodhi) April 27, 2024

What really happened in the Río Mixcoac gap?

After the reports went viral on the networks, the capital’s Secretariat of Citizen Security issued a statement in which it confirmed the report of a concentration of cars and motorcycles in it under Mixcoac bridge early Friday morning.

However, he specified that it was not a massive assault, but rather a caravan that tried to carry out drag races.

“Upon arrival, the personnel of the Undersecretary of Traffic Control realized that it was a group of vehicles and motorcycles in a caravan that intended to carry out drag racesso with the support of other work teams, the participants were dispersed and the roads were freed,” the agency stressed.

The SSC indicated that the presence of Traffic Control agents was maintained at the site to avoid concentration in the area and allow free movement of motorists. In addition to this, constant monitoring of video surveillance cameras in the area was also ordered.

What is the fine for clandestine drag racing in CDMX?

If you ever wanted to apply the ‘Fast and furious’ We have bad news for you, because Civic Culture Law of Mexico City indicates, in his article 28section XV, that if you perform, participate or induce someone to performr “vehicle speed competitions on public roads” This constitutes an infraction once morest public safety.

So those people who participate in drag racing or clandestine car races on the city’s roads can be entitled to the following sanctions:

• Financial fines ranging from 1,194 at 4,342 pesos. (Type B violations)
• Arrest from 1 to 24 hours. (Type C violations)
• Community work from 6 to 12 hours. (Type C violations)

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