The Mexican authorities detained a man identified as Sergio “N” for throwing a live dog into a pot of boiling oil outside a butcher shop in San Pablo Tecalco, in the municipality of Tecámac, in the State of Mexico.
The subject was detained at his home, located in the Coyoacán mayor’s office in Mexico City, reported the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico.
And it is that the case caused outrage among society after the video went viral, where it is seen how the subject for no reason threw a stray dog into a saucepan with boiling oil.
The events were recorded on May 28 at the “Chuky” butcher shop, located in the municipality of Tecámac. The images were captured by a security camera and posted on the Twitter page of the organization Peludos Desamparados, which denounced the case of animal cruelty.
The subject was in an apparent state of intoxication when he went to the butcher shop to threaten the owner, demanding that he close his business, when he refused, when he left the establishment, he threw a dog into the hot oil.
Throw the dog into boiling oil
In the images you can see how two dogs approach the butcher shop and lie down near the entrance, where there is a saucepan with boiling oil, since the owner was going to prepare pork rinds.
In the video, a subject dressed in a blue shirt and dark shorts is seen leaving the butcher shop, for no reason carrying the dog and throwing it into the pot with boiling oil.
Immediately the animal begins to squirm in the saucepan, given the high temperature of the oil, which can even be seen jumping when the animal tries to get out.
The subject calmly and without anyone getting in his way gets into his car, which was parked outside the butcher shop, and flees the scene.
Seeing and hearing the moans of the dog, the owner of the butcher shop left the place and closed the gas tank, he tried to rescue the animal, but it was impossible because the oil and the saucepan were too hot, since it was heating up. to make pork rinds.
The animal died due to burns, reported the authorities investigating the case.
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Subject would spend up to 6 years in prison
After the video went viral, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, head of the Secretariat for Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC), reported that the facts were being investigated.
The State of Mexico Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation folder for animal abuse and issued an arrest warrant against the person responsible.
The case is being investigated as animal cruelty, a crime punishable by 3 to 6 years in prison, according to Mexican law.
After the case went viral, and society demanded justice, the authorities took on the task of finding the whereabouts of the subject, who was initially identified, but had not been arrested.
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