A motorist collided this Wednesday with two “motochorros” in the city of Iquique, in Chilewho shortly before had assaulted a couple of older adults, allowing the arrest of the subjects and recovering 4.5 million pesos in cash (almost 5,000 dollars).
According to police information, the victims traveled in a taxi following having withdrawn moneybut when you got out of the vehicle you were approached by the criminalswho had been following them on a motorcycle. The individuals threatened them with firearms.They stole the woman’s wallet and fled.
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Nevertheless, a driver who witnessed the entire robbery followed them for a few meters and proceeded to ram the criminals with his vehicle, causing the sharp fall of both. Later, other bystanders helped stop them and called Carabinieri.
Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Guzmán, Prefect(s) of Iquiquedetailed the dynamics of the events. “Today around 12 noon, an elderly couple goes to a bank, withdraws around 4.5 million cash, then boards a taxi and moves to the southern sector of the city. At the moment of descending, two individuals aboard a motorcycle quickly intercepted the taxi, where they proceeded to snatch her wallet, in which she contained the money, from her hands.held.
He added that “as a result of this action, the neighbors or drivers who circulated around the place, the citizens, quickly proceeded to arrest these people and later called the Police, achieving their arrest.”
Guzmán indicated that the detainees are of Peruvian nationality and that they are already identified by the victims, so they will go to detention control in accordance with the instructions of the Prosecutor’s Office.
