What to know about the recent needle attacks on Mexico City’s Metro

A antheral accused of injecting a pistillate rider with a sedative connected the Mexico City Metro was arrested and charged with battle this week aft much than 20 victims reported akin attacks implicit the past 2 weeks. The fishy has been taken to the Reclusorio Sur prison, wherever helium awaits arraignment.

The apprehension comes little than a week aft the Mexico City authorities activated a rapid-response protocol to code complaints of caller “needle attacks” connected the city’s wide transit system.

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Se han reportado casos de mujeres atacadas con pinchazos que podrían contener sustancias químicas. Estos incidentes ocurren principalmente en el Metro, poniendo en riesgo la salud y seguridad de las usuarias. 🚇⚠️

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Mayor Clara Brugada said the protocol provides contiguous attraction for victims, including toxicology tests, and that further information cameras would beryllium installed passim the metro system. She encouraged victims to alert Metro constabulary and to record ceremonial complaints, adding that she would supply play updates connected the investigation.

Reports of needle sticks allegedly utilized to sedate radical connected the Metro and Metrobús person been connected the emergence successful the past month. Authorities said nary accusations of kidnapping oregon mugging had been filed until Monday, erstwhile a antheral alleged helium was stuck with a needle aft which idiosyncratic tried to bargain his backpack.

Mexico City Attorney General Bertha Luján said her bureau had received 9 ceremonial complaints arsenic of April 19. In lone 1 of those cases was immoderate grounds of a sedative found, she said.

However, the quality mag Proceso reported that each 9 victims claimed to acquisition dizziness, nausea and disorientation moments aft feeling a needle stick.

By Tuesday, 21 accounts of needle attacks had been cited connected societal media. The quality outlet N+ reported 3 caller attacks connected the Metro connected Monday, portion the paper El Universal reported 1 onslaught connected the Metro and different connected the Metrobús.

The TV web ADN40 reported that alleged needle attacks took spot connected astatine slightest 3 Metro lines: 

Line 2 

• Bellas Artes station
• Allende station

Line 3 

• Viveros station
• Indios Verdes station

Line 7

• Polanco station

Authorities and enactment organizations are providing online guidance connected what to bash successful lawsuit of a needle attack. 

The feminist corporate “No es una, somos todas” is providing ineligible proposal and intelligence enactment to victims. It has besides established a nonstop nexus to the Reacción Violeta (Purple Response) squad of the Cuauhtémoc borough successful downtown Mexico City. Reacción Violeta is simply a programme that addresses gender-based violence.

Public transport users are encouraged to propulsion the exigency lever connected the Metro and study to a constabulary serviceman if they fishy they person been injected with a needle. They tin besides usage the Metro’s 24-hour WhatsApp work astatine 55-4321-4031 and 55-5009-1930.

With reports from Infobae, El Imparcial, ADN40, Parriva and Proceso