INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The butcher shop in Mexico posted the video of the botched robbery on its Facebook page on Monday
Like a cubist painting or a Tarantino movie, one must observe
this minute-long, soundless footage of a robbery attempt in Mexico from multiple perspectives to fully appreciate it.The antagonist is, of
course, the would-be robber, who steps into a butcher shop-slash-convenience store more gangling than gangster
Within seconds, he has produced a handgun from under his navy hoodie and aimed it at three different people
Nervousness A lack of focus It's unclear
For what it's worth, he will only be in possession of said hoodie for about 20 seconds longer.The woman behind the checkout counter is the
first to have the gun pointed at her
She gives a few waves of the notebook she is holding - but otherwise barely moves in the face of the threat
Only after about 40 seconds do we see her reach for a phone.The next target is an older gentleman standing in front of the cash register,
sporting a gray mustache and the second-most distinctive hat to make it into a viral video this week
He seems to remain even calmer as the gunman demands something - presumably cash - from him
The "cowboy" shakes his head and at one point even removes his glasses, perhaps to get a better look at the confounding text ("BROWNERS")
running down the side of the gunman's hoodie sleeve.As all this is unfolding, the world's most oblivious customer has legitimately been
perusing refrigerated beverages at the back of the store
Just as the cowboy is taking off his glasses, the female customer makes her selection
She turns and begins striding toward the checkout counter and soon catches the attention of the gunman, who makes her Target No
3.This is precisely the distraction the cowboy needs
As the gunman is facing the woman, the older man lunges forward and overwhelms the robber from behind until his handgun falls to the floor
The cowboy continues to hold down the gunman as he struggles, flailing, until the two of them stagger into an aisle.Enter a butcher, who
slides into the frame, Kramer style, retrieves the gun from the floor, and scurries back away.Meanwhile, in the midst of a fracas that was
hidden from view, the gunman has somehow slipped free of his hoodie
Now shirtless, he tries to make a break for the door
The cowboy and two butchers apprehend the robber just before he exits the store and pin him down atop a pile of metal shopping baskets.And,
scene.The butcher shop, Carnes Cares of Monterrey, Mexico, posted video of the botched robbery on its Facebook page Monday and it has since
been viewed tens of thousands of times
Despite accusations that the video was fake, the shop's co-owner, Daniel Cardenas, said the altercation was very real - and frightening.The
would-be robber had already come to the store once, a few days before, as if to stake it out, Cardenas told The Washington Post on Wednesday
The man in the cowboy hat is Cardenas's father, Reynaldo Cardenas, who also owns the carniceria, he added.And despite his cool demeanor on
camera, the elder Cardenas admitted later he had been scared."Actually he told me that he acted that way out of fear," Daniel Cardenas said
in Spanish through Facebook messages
"He really believed that the man was going to shoot them
When he had the chance, he acted instinctively to disarm him."Police arrived about 10 minutes after the scuffle and took the gunman into
custody, he added.Daniel Cardenas was away from the store when the attempted robbery took place and his family called to tell him what had
Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, he said he was relieved for his father."I'm just glad he wasn't hurt," he said.(Except for the
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