Those allegedly responsible for kidnapping, burning and assaulting the members of a mariachi group were identified by the SSC-CdMx as alleged members of a gang linked to drug dealing, extortion and homicide.
Mexico City, October 27 (However).- The Secretary of Citizen Security of the Mexico City (SSC-CdMx) reported this Monday that it achieved the detention of cinco subjects designated as alleged responsible of kidnap, torture y assault to a band of mariachi in the Iztapalapa Mayor’s Office.
The head of the department, Pablo Vazquezexplained that the detainees are supposedly members of a banda dedicated to drug dealing, extortion y homicidewhich operates in the area west y on of the capital.
According to him official reportSSC-CdMx police responded to a report about the presence of a group of injured people who were on Silos Street on the corner of Andador Caporal 2, in the Narciso Mendoza neighborhood, in the Tlalpan mayor’s office.
Thanks to the prompt attention to a citizen complaint and the result of the analysis of the video surveillance cameras of the #C2in @IztacalcoAlcolleagues @SSC_CDMX They arrested 5 possible people responsible for depriving six people of their liberty, physically attacking them, robbing them… pic.twitter.com/8w7CwPAHBU
— Pablo Vázquez Camacho (@PabloVazC) October 27, 2025
Upon arriving at the scene, uniformed officers confirmed the presence of six injured subjects, for which they requested support from medical services; The paramedics confirmed that two of the people had severe burns, a 35-year-old man with burns on 80 percent of his body and another 31-year-old man with burns on 25 percent of his body, so they were immediately taken to a hospital.
On the other hand, the rest of the injured, aged 31 years, 27 years, 22 years and one who did not provide his information, were diagnosed with blows to different parts of the body, without requiring hospital transfer.
The injured people told the officers that they were members of a mariachi group and that they were hired to play on Saturday afternoon at a family party at the Iztapalapa Mayor’s Office. At the end of their presentation they were detained in the home, physically attacked and burned by the people present.
The next day, during the night of Sunday, the victims were loaded into a black van and later abandoned in the streets of the Tlalpan Mayor’s Office, where they asked for support through the emergency number 911.
#SSCBulletin | #DETAINED | Police of the #SSC responded to a citizen complaint in which it was reported that there was a group of injured people on Silos Street and its corner with Andador Caporal 2, in the neighborhood #NarcisoMendozain @TlalpanAl.
Upon arrival, they made contact with… pic.twitter.com/j33h7eBnJk
— SSC CDMX (@SSC_CDMX) October 27, 2025
As a result of this complaint, SSC-CdMx agents located the vehicle when it was traveling on Canal de Tezontle Avenue, so police intercepted the unit near the Interior Circuit, in the Infonavit Iztacalco neighborhood, of the Iztacalco Mayor’s Office.
As a result of this action, the officers seized a short firearm, two useful cartridges, 100 purple plastic bags with a white powder similar to cocaine, and 11 personal identifications, including one from a law enforcement institution, and four bank cards.
The crew members of the van, five men aged 43 years and 35 years, as well as three minors aged 17, 16 and 14, were detained and placed at the disposal of the corresponding Public Ministry agent, who will define their legal situation and continue with the investigations of the case.