Overview
- The bank branch in Guadalupe was robbed of about five million pesos in late June, with prosecutors and local reports placing the attack on June 22 and describing two armed men forcing staff to open the vault.
- Authorities executed searches in Apodaca and San Nicolás de los Garza, detained three people including branch manager Delia “N”, and placed them under preventive detention and linked them to process.
- Investigators recovered 1,851,200 pesos and seized multiple vehicles said to have been bought with the stolen funds, including a Ford Mustang and a Chevrolet Colorado.
- State prosecutors say a main line of inquiry is that the robbery was staged to hide a prior desfalco by the manager, and two detained men also face proceedings for operations with illicit resources and alleged drug offenses.
- The case raises questions about security at the branch, which reports say lacked permanent guards, and it may prompt reviews of controls for cash held for pension payments to elderly beneficiaries.