ARMED COMMAND steals 20 containers with GOLD, SILVER and ZINC in Manzanillo, Mexico.

Armed men arrived aboard several trucks at a maneuvering yard located on Algodones Street and after surprising the workers, they locked them up to commit the robbery.

With the help of machinery, cranes and trucks, the criminals managed to remove 20 containers from the maneuvering yard, without arousing suspicion and without firing a single shot.

Inside the containers there were concentrated minerals, that is, gold, silver or zinc, and televisions.

It is estimated that the robbery began at 1:00 in the morning and ended at 8:00 in the morning, last Sunday, June 5, and nobody realized that 20 containers were being stolen on board flatbed trucks.

For the specialists, the robbery was well organized and the criminals knew which containers to steal.

Mario Alberto Plascencia, logistics entrepreneur, explained: “If it is difficult to track the mineral since it does not have a label, a bar code, they are bulk minerals. It's like trying to trace a kilo of sugar, someone grabs it from your table and puts it on another table, it's very complicated."

One of the operators who was at the scene commented: "This comes from someone who was looking for a certain type of merchandise and who knew where it was kept."

Another of the witnesses recounted: “Unfortunately the security protocols that we handle are not enough to avoid this type of situation, I think that a small group of well-organized people, with very clear intentions and with very defined information about what they are looking for with the use of force could achieve an objective like the one that was carried out”.

The Colima Prosecutor's Office has not provided information about the theft and nothing is known about those responsible, nor is there a trace of the containers.

According to data from the Confederation of Industrial Chambers, for each container that falls into the hands of organized crime, companies lose up to 600 million pesos.