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'Money Heist'-style shootout in Colombia ends with 11 arrests

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Agence France-Presse

<p>MEDELLIN, Colombia - An upmarket neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia briefly resembled the award-winning Spanish crime series &quot;Money Heist&quot; on Thursday when 20 masked robbers engaged in a shoot-out with police, before 11 were arrested.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="es">Nos sentimos orgullosos de nuestros <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/H%C3%A9roesDelCuadrante?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HéroesDelCuadrante</a> de <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliciaMedellin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PoliciaMedellin</a>, ejemplo de valentía, arrojo y compromiso con la seguridad de los ciudadanos. Su reacción inmediata permitió frustrar el asalto a un establecimiento de procesamiento de metales preciosos en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Medell%C3%ADn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Medellín</a> <a href="https://t.co/qb1jU67PxN">pic.twitter.com/qb1jU67PxN</a></p>— General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia (@DirectorPolicia) <a href="https://twitter.com/DirectorPolicia/status/1456391739237969920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2021</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>Footage of the incident posted on social media showed robbers fleeing on motorbikes after police thwarted their attempt to plunder a gold warehouse.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="es">No es una película, son los héroes de la Patria que enfrentaron a delincuentes en Medellín y frustraron millonario robo. Todo el apoyo a los uniformados heridos, estamos con ellos.<br/><br/>¡Tenemos Policías! <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliciaMedellin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PoliciaMedellin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliciaColombia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PoliciaColombia</a> <a href="https://t.co/4YvWRcvZRk">pic.twitter.com/4YvWRcvZRk</a></p>— Diego Molano Aponte (@Diego_Molano) <a href="https://twitter.com/Diego_Molano/status/1456380213806485511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="es"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATENCI%C3%93N?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ATENCIÓN</a> | En los últimos minutos se presentó un intento de hurto masivo en la avenida Las Vegas a una bodega de oro. La policía metropolitana se enfrentó a disparos a varios delincuentes que portaban armas de largo alcance. <a href="https://t.co/tEgn7S53x8">pic.twitter.com/tEgn7S53x8</a></p>— Teleantioquia (@Teleantioquia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Teleantioquia/status/1456333967649542148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>It was &quot;a robbery attempt by an organized criminal gang that seemingly prepared this robbery for months, who thought they were going to pull off &#x27;Money Heist&#x27; here,&quot; Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero told journalists.</p><p>&quot;Let that be a message to all criminals who think they&#x27;re going to do a Netflix here, no sir!&quot; Quintero added.</p><p>He said 11 people were detained following the shoot-out, one of whom was injured and treated in the hospital.</p><p>Police Chief Javier Jose Martin said security forces initially apprehended a suspect close to the warehouse.</p><p>&quot;When this criminal saw the patrol, he got scared, alerted the other criminals who were inside the establishment and began a confrontation with firearms,&quot; said Martin.</p><p>Two police officers were &quot;lightly injured&quot; in the shoot-out, which took place in the middle of the day.</p><p>Seven firearms, five motorcycles, six bullet-proof vests and a vehicle were seized, police said.</p><p>Medellin was no stranger to gang violence in the 1980s and &#x27;90s when the local drug baron Pablo Escobar launched a war against authorities.</p><p>The city of 2.5 million recorded 332 murders between January and November this year.</p><p>lv/vel/dga/bc/bfm</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwsmkWh0S5Y?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div> </div>

An upmarket neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia briefly resembled the award-winning 'Money Heist' series when 20 masked robbers engaged in a shootout.