Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Police restore lost cash to owners in Mexico City

Mexico City police have been recognized for their honesty upon returning lost bags containing large amounts of cash to their rightful owners.

Officer Aristeo Quijano Acosta discovered a backpack containing over US $1,600 outside a bank last week in the affluent neighborhood of La Granada.

“On September 10 around 11:55am, while making my rounds, I noticed a backpack left in the main doorway of the bank,” said Quijano.

Upon opening the bag, Quijano found $1,684 and a U.S. passport.

The backpack’s owner was found and contacted through social media. The 25-year-old U.S. citizen was grateful to the police for returning his mislaid possessions.

It was not the first time this year that Mexico City police have been acknowledged for such honesty.

In May, an officer identified as A. Labra Díaz found a satchel containing over 50,000 pesos at the Buenavista Metrobus station.

Like Officer Quijano, Labra reported the discovery, and the bag was eventually returned to its rightful owner.

“I proudly congratulate him and thank him for his honesty,” said Metrobus general manager Roberto Capuano in a tweet on the transit system’s official Twitter account.

Sources: Televisa News (sp), El Universal (sp)

Have something to say? Paid Subscribers get all access to make & read comments.
Aerial foto of early stages of Nichupte bridge project

Nichupté bridge to connect Cancún with hotel zone by year’s end

0
The Nichupté Lagoon Bridge, a major infrastructure project in Cancún, will soon link the city center with the hotel zone, cutting travel times by up to 45 minutes.

US adds Mexico to priority watch list of IP offenders

0
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative moved Mexico to its Priority Watch List due to "significant IP concerns ... many of which relate to Mexico’s implementation of the USMCA.”
To the relief of Texas farmers and ranchers, the USDA said that the new U.S.-Mexico water pact "solidified a plan for immediate and short-term" water deliveries from the Rio Grande.

Mexico reaches agreement to send more water to southern US

0
The U.S. government had been pressuring the Mexican government to send more water to Texas, to which it owes a huge quantity of water under the terms of a 1944 bilateral treaty.