Overview
- Police Morelia stopped a parked truck on Avenida Juan Pablo II after a tip and found two carriers holding eight Cane Corso puppies crowded four per box without food or water and exposed to the sun, and detained a man and a woman at the scene.
- Officers sent the detainees to the Centro de Detención Municipal for medical certification and the vehicle was impounded as part of evidence preservation.
- The Fiscalía General del Estado de Michoacán opened a Carpeta de Investigación to probe the sale and the presumed offense of animal cruelty and placed the detainees at the disposal of the Ministerio Público to determine legal consequences.
- The eight rescued puppies, about three months old, were transferred to the animal protection groups GHAPAD and HERMANO ANIMAL for urgent medical evaluation and care.
- The people at the scene did not produce permits, ownership papers, or veterinary records and said the dogs belonged to a relative, a claim investigators will examine as they build the case and decide whether to file criminal charges.