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Monterrey Police Recover Stolen Urn From Bar and Return It

He was carrying the ashes after a relative retrieved them from a cemetery due to unpaid fees.

Overview

  • A 42-year-old man reported that his green backpack holding his mother's urn disappeared after he fell asleep inside a Monterrey bar.
  • Municipal officers found the backpack the next morning at Pino Suárez and Reforma with the urn intact.
  • The man later approached an officer assigned to a Buen Fin security detail on Avenida Madero and learned the backpack had been located.
  • The ashes were from a death five years ago and had been kept in a Guadalupe cemetery until a cousin returned the urn because the family could no longer pay for the plot.
  • Police returned the urn over the weekend, the man expressed relief and gratitude, and authorities have not reported suspects or arrests.