Three testimonies of attempted kidnappings in the vicinity of the metro

In recent months, many young people have taken advantage of social networks to report attempts at kidnapping those who have been imprisoned in or near the transit system (STC) metro system; in some cases, they were verbally beaten or raped.

The testimonies collected by the 26 year old girl confirm that most of these cases are in the form called in social networks "Calm my love", there is violence and even persecution.

A Ana they tried to get into a van. The girl from Mexico City mentioned that she was heading to a stop at Pumabús, in Ciudad Universitaria, When a young man came out of a white pickup truck and said, "Get up Marcela, I know you're angry, but go ahead, now we fix the problem," while he's the pulled towards the car.

She denied everything, but the boy kept pulling her and shouting at her.. Ana recounted on Facebook that in the meantime she had fallen to the ground and that another girl had asked her if she was ok, so she took the opportunity to tell her that she did not know her attacker and that she wanted to get her in the truck.

Before the tumult, several people approached and the man chose to get in the truck and escape..

Dana Corres, mobility consultant and gender issues, explained for Foro Tv that The modus operandi is the same: men who approach women to distract them or threaten to kidnap them.

"They take them and force them, so they they panic and often do not know what to do; Sometimes they answer, sometimes no. When they scream or something that something is happening, the guys say: it's that she's my girlfriend, she's crazy, it's a couple problem and she does not involve herself"he mentioned.

Ximena also suffered an attack of the so-called "calm down please". To her they tried to get on a truck, but at Tacubaya metro station. The woman mentioned on Facebook that a subject had approached her to ask for information about an address, but then invited her to accompany him.

"I told him that I could not because I had to leave and he started to insist more. A lady noticed the guy's attitude and told him we were going togethers and we had to go, then the guy got pissed off and left, "wrote the woman in his social network.

Ximena explained that a few minutes later and when the lady was gone, the same man approached by car and tried to climb it, but before his screams were shouted, two men approached and helped him.

The man has always shouted things like: "It's my girlfriend, she's angry because she's not taking her meds, do not listen to her" or "Melisa, he-she- please come on board or I will get angry. "

Activist Dana Corres and other girls are mapping cases and so far total more than 100 reports collected.

Another case of attempted kidnapping is that of Itzi, who was harbaded in the Martin Carrera subway, where a man "tall, black, Chinese and fat in a green jacket" pulled him by the arm and tells him "Wait güerita and if you cry it's worse".

Itzie offered him his mobile phone and 600 pesos but the man rejected him. In a desperate moment, she tried to run but the guy pulled her by the hair and punched her in the face.

"The only thing that stuck in my head was that maybe I would not go back to see my family, my bitch, my boyfriend … And I became more panicked, "he wrote in his account on social media.

Itzie took advantage when her kidnapper was distracted to get to a truck that brought her home. She added, "I am extremely frightened and worried about the other girl that I could not see anymore and I feel helpless, guilty and frustrated because I can not do more for her."

Until now, the authorities have insisted that no girl has officially complained about these cases.