Quintana Roo rural police report 58 calls, eight detentions
Original reporting: Macropolis Quintana Roo
What happened
Rural and Highway Police reported 58 assistance calls and eight detentions in southern Quintana Roo during the week, with two cases sent to prosecutors.
Reporting and context
Macropolis Quintana Roo reported that Rural and Highway Police in southern Quintana Roo responded to 58 requests for assistance and detained eight people during the week ending September 25.
According to the weekly balance issued by the Quintana Roo Secretariat of Citizen Security, six of those detained were sent before civic judges and two were placed at the disposal of the state Public Prosecutor’s Office. The report did not identify the individual reasons for the detentions.
The agency said officers handled reports involving domestic violence, an attempted femicide, extortion, sexual harassment, injured people, traffic accidents and road blockades. It did not break down the 58 calls by incident type or provide specific investigative results.
The deployment also included a preventive inspection checkpoint in Muyil and patrols around schools. In Limones, in the municipality of Bacalar, officers conducted surveillance and perimeter-security work, while also assisting with medical emergencies, school activities and patrols in nearby communities.
The figures apply only to the weekly activity report for the Rural and Highway Police Directorate. Macropolis Quintana Roo published the original report here.
Photo source: Macropolis Quintana Roo.