VIDEO: A man stole a French bulldog while the owner was buying cigarettes

(Video: Twitter @mar_dedudas)

The owner of "Bayo", a 9-month-old French Bulldog dog, went for a walk with his pet without suspecting it would be the last time he would see her.

The events took place in the Shell Gas Station south of Popocatépetl, in Santa Cruz Atoyac, mayor Benito Juárez (Mexico), when the woman stopped to buy cigars. There, he tied "Bayo" in a tube; however it took 15 seconds for it to go away.

Shell's video cameras show how a tattooed man approaches the animal, caresses it, then detaches it to put it in his car.

"The guy had an hour of parking, he arrived at 6:59, he went down, he walked to Cuauhtemoc, he came back, he got in his car and when my mother-in-law came, he went down and took the dog at 08:00 "said Midori, owner of" Bayo ".

Although the family has filed a complaint with the Public minister to get the videos from C5; however, they did not receive it.

Midori He did his best to get the pictures, but he only managed to be told that there were no recordings. For this reason, he went to the gas station to request safety videos.

Since the dog's disappearance on March 30, the family has been dedicated to the collage of posters and blankets for the location of animals. same he received extortion appeals in which they claimed to have the dog.

The Bayo breed is valued at around 20,000 pesos.

"No dog to bark against you "

The numbers indicate: the cases for dog theft has increased. Number of Office of the Attorney General of Mexico reported that In 2018, 74 research files were opened for this crime, while that in 2012, they were 55.

The town halls with more investigation records on the theft of pets are: Iztapalapa, with 10; Benito Juárez, with 9; Xochimilco and Gustavo A. Madero, with 6 and Cuauhtemoc, with 5.

Most stolen animals are used in illegal hatcheries to take advantage of offspring, for sale or resale in Facebook groups without proper certification and care. These they are sold between 2,000 and 5,000 pesossome even make changes to the puppy in exchange for mobile phones, laptops or video games.