{"id":40885,"date":"2026-06-29T18:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/40885\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:41:52","slug":"mexican-batman-vigilante-goes-viral-for-taking-out-justice-against-suspected-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/40885\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mexican Batman\u2019: Vigilante goes viral for taking out justice against suspected thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Local police are hunting a viral vigilante that has been dubbed \u2018Mexican Batman\u2019 after they chased alleged motorcycle thieves and taped them to poles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A mysterious local of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco in Mexico has decided to take justice into their own hands following reports of motorbike thefts skyrocketing in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Fed-up with response from local authorities, the unknown assailant has targeted at least five alleged motorcycle thieves since the first reported attack on June 13, <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16594736\/mysterious-vigilante-dubbed-mexican-batman\/\">The Sun<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The suspected thieves were all found in humiliating states, left beaten and bruised while duct-taped to lamp posts and covered in drawn markings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Many had \u201cratero\u201d scribbled on their face, which means thief in Spanish, along with moustaches and cat whiskers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a95ce14edba0f8efcfe53a02b7ad82364f65017b.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the vigilantes work have flooded social media.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconImages of the vigilantes work have flooded social media. Credit: LuisCardenasMX\/X<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The vigilante will often leave the motorcycles nearby with a pink sign above the alleged thieves\u2019 head, detailing the allegations against them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The radical response has blown up online, with locals dubbing the vigilante as \u2018Mexican Batman\u2019 or the \u2018Batman of Lagos de Moreno\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Despite the internet\u2019s admiration for the self-made justice, police have launched an investigation to find the mystery suspect and the five men are being treated as victims, according to State Security Secretary Juan Pablo Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3da4ad00964021dbff8df016af2d419f608bc2e8.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the vigilantes work have flooded social media.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconImages of the vigilantes work have flooded social media. Credit: LuisCardenasMX\/X<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Local police have identified two vehicles that they believe are connected to the attacks, but no suspects have been named yet, local media reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">All the men were cut down from the poles and treated for their injuries, and one was left bloodied and bruised from the vigilante\u2019s escapade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It is unclear if any of the five men have been investigated over the alleged thefts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local police are hunting a viral vigilante that has been dubbed \u2018Mexican Batman\u2019 after they chased alleged motorcycle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[152,2004,335,33],"class_list":["post-40885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-news","tag-offbeat","tag-perth","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}