The thieves tried to raid a gold deposit, but were surprised by the public force. In viral videos you can see the hooded fleeing on motorcycles in the middle of the shootout with also motorized policemen.
It was “an attempted robbery by an organized criminal gang that apparently prepared this robbery for months, which they believed they were going to do here ‘La casa de papel’,” Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero told reporters.
“Let this be a message for all the criminals who believe that here they can do Netflix, no gentlemen!”he added.
Eleven people were captured in the pursuit that followed the assault. One of them is injured and in surgery at a city hospital, according to the local president.
The police general, Javier José Martín, explained at a press conference that at first they intercepted a suspect who was near the bodega: “When this criminal sees the patrol, he gets scared, warns the other criminals who were inside the establishment and starts a confrontation with firearms,” Martín explained.
Of the policemen were “slightly injured” in the exchange of shots in broad daylight. In addition, seven firearms, five motorcycles, six bulletproof vests and a vehicle were seized, according to police.
The scene evoked the worst years of narco-terrorism in Medellín, as the war without truce of the cartels against the State in the 80s and 90s is known at the head of Pablo Escobar. The capo’s cradle, of 2.5 million inhabitants, registers 332 murders between January and November of this year.
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