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Armed Robbers Steal 33 Tonnes of Gold-Silver Ore in Mexico, Shaking Global Precious Metals Market
Mexico's Blockbuster Heist: 33 Tonnes of Precious Metals Stolen in Armed Ambush
1. The whole robbery: 7 minutes of precision action
On July 12, 2025, the transport convoy of the Mexican mining giant Bacis Group was ambushed on a mountain road in Puebla State. The robbers drove three modified off-road vehicles to stop the truck, shattered the windshield with an automatic rifle to control the driver, and then separated the trailer carrying the ore and escaped into the mountains through the pre-dug dirt road. The entire hijacking process took only 7 minutes. When the police found the abandoned truck 3 hours later, the ore worth $234 million had disappeared without a trace.
2. Analysis of professional criminal methods
Accurate intelligence: mastering transportation routes and timetables
Technical suppression: signal jammers left at the scene paralyzed the GPS tracking system
Terrain utilization: pre-digging escape routes in mountainous areas
Efficient division of labor: 12-person gang completed vehicle separation, cargo transfer, and trace cleaning
- The huge value of the looted ore
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Content |
Current market value contribution |
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42% |
$176 million |
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18% |
$54 million |
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0.3% |
$4 million |
4. The deep motivation behind the robbery
1. Precious metal bull market stimulus
The international silver price broke through $38/ounce the day before the robbery, hitting a 14-year high
Criminal groups target high-liquidity precious metals to build a "robbery-money laundering" industry chain
2. Mexico's security crisis worsens
In the first half of 2025, there were 26,000 highway robberies nationwide, a year-on-year surge of 187%
Criminal groups have formed a complete network of intelligence, armaments, and stolen goods
5. Chain reaction of global industrial chain
- Transportation mode change: Bacis Group suspended land transportation and switched to Pacific encrypted cargo ships, resulting in a 40% increase in costs
- Financial market changes:
Gold mining stocks generally fell
Silver futures continued to rise due to supply concerns
- Transnational security upgrade: The United States and Mexico signed the "Cross-Border Security Agreement" to share criminal capital flow data
6.. The Mexican government's thunderous countermeasures
Military deployment: 3,000 National Guard troops are stationed in major mining states
Technological prevention and control: drone monitoring networks are deployed on main roads
International cooperation: Join the United States to track the flow of cross-border stolen goods
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