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Police rescue Cancun man abducted from bar the night before

Cancun, Q.R. — Police in Cancun rescued a man believed abducted from a bar the night before. The man was rescued from a fourth floor apartment after receiving reports of someone yelling for help.

Neighbors in the D building of an apartment complex in the Paraíso Maya Subdivision heard the man through the walls. The C5 centre in Cancun took the 9-1-1 report of the man.

When police arrived, they too heard the man yelling for help. They broke down the door and found him inside the apartment. According to the police report, the man said he was at a bar the night before. While there, he met people with whom he shared drinks. The next morning he woke up in the apartment and was without his wallet and cell phone.

He had no idea where he was or how he got there. Police are investigating.

In a statement, the SSC (Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana) reported “the SSC located a man who was deprived of his freedom. In Cancun, a report was received through the C5, where neighbors reported that they heard screams of a person asking for help.

“Upon arriving at the Paraíso Maya Subdivision, the screams of a man were heard saying “Help help, they have me kidnapped”. Elements went to building D, apartment 402, on the fourth floor and with the proportional use of force they opened the door of the home.

Police rescue Cancun man abducted from bar the night before

“A man with the initials J.H.P.G. was interviewed who stated that he was drinking alcoholic beverages in a bar when some subjects approached him with whom he continued drinking and when he woke up the next day he was in the apartment without his belongings (cell phone and wallet), not knowing how he had gotten there.

“The victim was transferred to the State Attorney General’s Office, in the Early Care Unit for the corresponding procedures.”