On December 25, 2025, Mexico City police found two burned bodies in Iztapalapa borough, near Cerro Xaltepec. Authorities arrested a 32-year-old man whose vehicle is linked to the crime and possibly another in the capital. The suspect was caught with marijuana packages during the arrest.
On Christmas Eve, December 25, 2025, while many families celebrated in Mexico City, a gruesome discovery disrupted the peace in Iztapalapa borough. Police from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) located two human bodies with burns on their surface, abandoned on Camino Viejo a Zapotitlán and Villa Inferior Street, in the Desarrollo Urbano Quetzalcóatl neighborhood, near Cerro Xaltepec.
Authorities immediately began investigations in collaboration with the Eastern Command and Control Center (C2). These efforts allowed them to identify a suspicious vehicle linked to the discovery. During patrols on Ermita Iztapalapa Avenue and La Quebrada Street, in the Reforma Política neighborhood, officers spotted the car driven by a 32-year-old man whose physical features matched the descriptions obtained.
The individual was stopped while handling wrappers used for drug trade. A preventive search found 30 bags of marijuana and a cell phone on him. The suspect's vehicle is also allegedly connected to another crime in the capital.
Following his arrest, the suspect was handed over to a public prosecutor's agent, who will determine his legal status and proceed with the investigation file. This incident highlights security challenges in the city's peripheral areas, though authorities have not disclosed further details about the victims or the crime's motives.
