MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – FEBRUARY 2, 2025 34-year-old robber, Daniel Martínez Pasten, could not have picked a worse time to break into the OXXO store in the Valle de Luces district. When he smashed the glass panel of the entrance door, a police officer who was inside noticed. Without waiting for anything, he pulled out his service pistol and shot him five times, killing him.
An investigation into the incident is currently underway and the officer has been temporarily detained. While it appears from the video footage that the officer abused his position and executed the unarmed robber, he claims that he used the gun because he saw him reach into his kidney for the weapon and assessed it as a dangerous situation.