The announcement of the permanent driver’s license gave rise to abuse of authority and extortion by some elements of the traffic police in the Mexico Citywhere citizens reported fines of up to 3,800 pesos for “lack of validity.”
The lady Alejandra Boxes told to 24 HOURS that a few days ago he was a victim of abuse of authority by an element of the Secretary of Citizen Security (SSC), when he was traveling through the streets of the Central area.
According to the citizen, she stopped in a place where parking was not allowed to answer a call and in a matter of seconds, uniformed officers approached her window to ask for her driver’s license and driver’s license. so he handed over the documents.
When handing over the permanent license, which was processed a few years ago, the police officer told her that it was not valid, since a procedure is being carried out for the new version, to which the woman said ignore that information.
The agent told him that the sanction corresponded to a fine of more than 3 thousand pesos and remission to the corralón for the vehicle. Boites questioned the steps to follow, however, the element of the SSC He proceeded to take the license, removed one of the plates and left the scene.
Boites went to the offices to request information about the procedures, to the surprise that his plate had not been delivered, what has permeated in recent days.
Other police officers warned him that this situation, although to a lesser extent, has arisen, and told him that it could even be used for extortion purposes or, failing that, it was thrown away by the officer.
She was advised, she said, to file a complaint with Internal Affairs and follow up on the case in order to prevent the situation from happening again. As for his plates, he began his replacement procedures, which, he noted, will cost him time and money.
The new permanent license, promoted by the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, It does not diminish the validity of what was previously granted.