Another case of self-justice was registered in São Bernardo do Campo, a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. There a driver ran over two criminals when they were regarding to steal it; everything was recorded on the security cameras of the place.
The man, who was in his car, was preparing to enter his house, in the Alvarenga neighborhood, and managed to activate the automatic garage. Within seconds he realized that two men on a motorcycle passed him and when they were in front of him they slowed down.
At that point, the subject who was riding the barbecue drew a weapon and pointed it at the driver, who did not think twice before backing up and charging the two individuals. A little over a minute later, the one on the back of the motorcycle (who in the video has a yellow cap) manages to get up, while he is observed walking with difficulty.
Subsequently, three people from the house in question left in dismay, without it being known if they were observing the attempted assault from inside or if they had communicated with their family member. In the images, it is later observed that the assailants take the same return route and manage to escape without managing to steal anything.
As reported G1at the time of the incident the license plate of the motorcycle fell off and, for now, it is the only clue (along with the video) that the police have to try to identify the suspects. The attack was heard by a resident who keeps her name anonymous, and who assured that it was not the first time that a similar event had been recorded in the area.
According to this Brazilian media, what happened came to the attention of District Three of São Bernardo do Campo as legitimate defense and attempted robbery. However, the authorities made a call not to react to robbery attempts due to consequences in which not only life is in danger.
Frustrated robbery in Mexico
A similar case took place in Mexico when two subjects were also hit by a truck, following having tried to rob a woman. What they did not realize is that a driver was coming following them who saw the siege and decided to ram them in an attempt to thwart their action.
When the criminals notice the presence of the vehicle, in broad daylight, they seek to avoid the impact, but it is already too late. Although they managed to escape unharmed, their motorcycle suffered the consequences and they saw no other way out than to escape on foot. This happened on October 9 at regarding 4:00 p.m.
The security cameras realized what was the mode of operation. One of the criminals remained on his motorcycle a few meters from the victim (who had the door of his car open), while the other left a different point, surrounded the site and when he perceived that there were no major witnesses, he notified the his accomplice to proceed.
According to the National Survey of Victimization and Perception of Public Security, carried out by the INEGI statistics institute (collected by Political Expansion), 28.1 million crimes were committed last year in Mexico. Three months ago, the United States included six states on its blacklist of areas to which it advises once morest traveling due to its insecurity index.
Europa Press He explained that the decision includes Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. The latter is added to the list due to “the increase in criminal activity,” according to the US ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar.