An unusual fact
The last shooting inside the Metro facilities occurred on September 18, 2009, when a person, identified as Luis Felipe Hernandez, began writing messages on the walls of the Balderas station on Metro Line 3.
A police officer, upon noticing the incident, intercepted this person to ask him to stop writing on the walls, however, this person took out a firearm and began shooting at the uniformed officer, causing his death and chaos in the middle of the day. peak” of the service.
In the middle of the pushing, a person identified as Esteban Cervantes tried to disarm the subject, however he received a gunshot wound that killed him instantly.
And the metal detector arches?
After the events of 15 years ago, the government of the then Federal District ordered the installation of metal detector arches, firearms, sharp weapons or any other lacerating object on the lines and stations with the highest flow of users.
According to information obtained through transparency, until May 2024, the Metro Collective Transportation System It had 23 metal detector arches recorded, of which 14 had failures in the X-ray system.
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