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Stolen rental cars recovered after being found abandoned

Chetumal, Q.R. — Police are investigating reports of stolen vehicles from Chetumal being found in the neighboring municipality. Two of the four cars that were reported stolen in Chetumal were found abandoned in Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

Two of the stolen cars were found left in a parking lot Saturday.

The company cars were located within a 72-hour period and towed by police after two were recovered in the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto. All four cars are reported to have belonged to a vehicle rental company.

According to information obtained from police, at least four vehicles reported stolen by the company were found abandoned over the past three days.

According to police, the first two vehicles were recovered Saturday around noon in a public parking lot. Both vehicles were confirmed stolen from a Chetumal rental company. They were found abandoned.

Since then, another vehicle owned by the same company was recovered on Benito Juárez Avenue and 79th Street in the Jesús Martínez Ross neighborhood of Chetumal.

The fourth was found left on the extension of Benito Juárez Avenue at the junction with the Chetumal highway. It too, had been reported stolen and has since been towed to police facilities for investigation.

Authorities did not comment on who may be responsible for the theft of the four Chetumal rental vehicles or why they were abandoned rather than returned.