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5 years ago

Detained by poilice I think was Illegal

5 years ago
So last night I was home in bed. A neighbor comes gets me saying husband was in an accident.

People who witnessed the accident took his keys. The police show up in my bad spanish I say please get my keys from other people. You can have keys to my truck please give me my house keys.

My husband says turn off the lights of the truck. So I turn off the truck lights Next thing I know a cop is pissed off at me for turning off the truck light. I'm grabbed by 2 women cops and forced into a police truck.

I am told to shut up. I keep saying in bad spanish i do understand I did nothing wrong.

They claim I am not under arrest yet won't let me out of the police car. Thru google translate they say because I am married to the driver they must take me. (Baring in mind I was not even witness to the accident)

I was taken 30 minutes to what may or may not have been a police station. I didn't see a station sign then I was released after about 10 minutes. The cop who promised to take me back home said get a taxi. I had no shoes or purse. Thankfully my husband had some money so I was able to get a taxi

Can I do anything about this, is this even legal Is Mexico a country where you can be detained because cops want to???

William Russell
William Russell

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