“It is a recreation, it is a recreation”, said the journalist Marco Matías, from Panamericana Television, to the driver of a pickup truck who blocked his way when he was filming a fictitious scene, in which he played the role of ‘raquetero’, a thief who commits the criminal act aboard a vehicle.
According to the recorded images, during the followingnoon of Tuesday, January 11, the press man was driving at full speed aboard a motorcycle along a highway. La Molina, as part of the recreation of a robbery on the way, when the aforementioned driver’s black car tried to close off the traffic space, for which the press man had to circulate on a sidewalk.
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The driver then managed to prevent the motorcyclist from fleeing and immediately pulled out a pistol to point it at him. “Stop!” The driver exclaimed as he got out of his car.
“I am a journalist. Take it easy, it’s a recreation, it’s a recreation. The reaction is ok. Thank you. Very few people act like you. Excuse me if you got scared, ”Matías replied.
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This recreation was a demonstration of how the so-called ‘Operation Falcon’ is executed in said district. Police officers and local serenazgo also participated in the scene, who, with patrol cars and drones, chased the alleged thief while everything was recorded on video.
“At first, this person tried to block my path, but I tried to give it a bit of realism, just as the thugs would do, and I got on the sidewalk thinking that he was going to stay behind; but he moves forward once more, he plays everything for everything, and he stops me pointing the gun at me, ”the journalist recently declared, adding that the driver is part of a local security company.
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