Cancun, Q.R. — A suspect in the kidnapping of six Brazilian tourists and one Mexican national will stand trial after being formally charged. On Wednesday, local authorities announced the official charges against Brian Alejandro “N” “to proceedings for his probable participation in events that could constitute the crime of kidnapping of seven people, one of Mexican nationality and six Brazilians.”
Brian Alejandro “N” is accused of the kidnappings that occurred on May 20 of the current year outside a central Cancun bus station. According to local police, “the first investigations, four men and two women from Brazil, requested transportation service through a digital platform. Once on board the vehicle, they were intercepted by two taxi units at the intersection of Pino Street and Tulum Avenue.”
The group of six tourists and their Mexican driver where loaded into another vehicle and driven to an area adjacent to López Portillo Avenue where they were physically assaulted and robbed of their personal belongings.
In a statement, local authorities reported that “while the victims were tortured and harassed, the alleged kidnappers recorded videos that they sent to the relatives of the Brazilians to demand various amounts of money.”
The Brazilian victims received assistance in the way of shelter and food during the time they were under protection to testify before a Cancun judge.
The judge has ordered Brian Alejandro “N” to remain in preventive detention for a period of two years pending trial. Police have not said if the vehicle interception and subsequent kidnappings were targeted or a random attack.
