The last operation of the Mexican special forces FAS ( Fuerza Antisecuestro ) has been a resounding success. Without making a single shot and without paying the ransom that the kidnappers demanded, they have succeeded in freeing a Spanish citizen held for two days by a gang of kidnappers on the outskirts of Mexico City . According to the statement issued by the Office of the Attorney General , last Monday, four subjects intercepted the Spanish citizen when he left his home in the Lindavista neighborhood and subsequently escaped in two cars.

The kidnappers then demanded to the relatives a rescue of five million pesos (about 250,000 euros) for the life of the Spaniard, but the effective action of the authorities avoided having to go to that extreme. Thanks to the security cameras and the positive identification of the vehicles in which the kidnappers escaped, the Prosecutor's Office managed to locate the young Spaniard, along with two of his captors, in a security floor in Temamatla , in the State of Mexico . Up to 10 special agents participated in this delicate operation. As can be seen in the images disseminated by the Attorney General's Office, one of them bursts the main door with a battering ram to give way to his companions who enter a humble dwelling, with exposed bricks and surrounded by a garden.

Already inside they arrested Edith Mayen Heredia and Enrique Flores Medina , 40 and 38 years old respectively, both members of a criminal gang identified as Las Guerreras , specialized in the kidnapping of people in the Mexican capital. The Spanish citizen, an ophthalmologist by profession, was being held in deplorable conditions. In the images subsequently disseminated by the authorities, there is an empty house, with no more furniture than two folding chairs, where the kidnappers also had a loudspeaker, beer, soft drinks and some food. Another image shows the place where they allegedly kept their kidnapped with a pair of blankets and cushions on the floor.

Where the ophthalmologist was kidnapped E.M.

"It was bad luck"

According to have confirmed to EL MUNDO sources close to the operation, at the time of the release, the Spanish was in "a state of shock and very affected by the experience." In fact, at this time, he receives medical, legal and psychological attention after the trauma experienced.

These same sources confirm that "there would be no concrete motivation behind his kidnapping" but "it was bad luck." They also insist that the speed in their release came thanks to the fact that the authorities "have long followed the members of this criminal gang very closely," who are being investigated for at least five other kidnappings in recent months in the Mexican capital

Two of the four Spanish kidnappers, Edith Mayen and Enrique Flores, have already been charged in a kidnapping case and are being held at police stations in the capital at the expense of hearing their first statement.

Another of those arrested for the kidnapping of the Spanish ophthalmologist in Mexico

Mexico City is experiencing an important rebound in violence this 2019, especially serious in the case of kidnappings. Only in the first five months of the year in the capital have 68 been registered, according to the High Abduction Association , which implies an increase of 103% over the same period of the previous year.

Fortunately, in this case, the kidnapped Spaniard has been released, in just two days, and without paying a ransom for his freedom, thanks to the good performance of the Mexican Anti-kidnap Prosecutor's Office.

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