In the history of Mexico there have been great robberies with stories worthy of a Hollywood script that comes back to memory every time a new theft occurs in the country.The most recent case was the theft of containers with gold, silver and zinc that occurred in Colima when 10 people subjected the guards of a company to loot the site for more than 10 hours.Subtraction of metals from the mint, archaeological pieces, simulation of a raffle organized by the government itself, robbery of jewelry stores, among others.Considered the 'theft of the century' due to the historical value of the archaeological pieces, this theft was recorded during Christmas 1985. The National Museum of Anthropology recalls on its website that the people who carried out the theft studied the staff for days. and they knew exactly what they would take.According to official information, the young people entered through a metal fence of the museum and after advancing through a series of places, they entered the air ducts to descend to the Maya, Oaxaca and Mexica exhibition hall, from where they took 140 pieces between 1: 00 and 4:00 in the morning.Despite the fact that the guards had to travel more than 10,000 meters to protect the entire building, that night they met in one place to celebrate Christmas and it was not until the next day that they realized the robbery.The theft of archaeological pieces became so relevant that the Federal government sent information to more than 158 countries about the characteristics of the pieces, fingerprints and photographs that would allow their recovery.An association even collected more than 50 million pesos that it offered as a reward.According to testimonies, the alert led the two responsible to protect the pieces during the four years that the investigation lasted.At that time there was speculation about who would have robbed the Museum, but years later two middle-class youths were found to be responsible for the act.The pieces were recovered after an investigation by the then Attorney General's Office (PGR) in which it was found that they never left a residence in the State of Mexico, to which Carlos Perches and Ramón Sardina went to hide them after the robbery.In less than five minutes, in broad daylight and on the most important and guarded avenue in Mexico City, six individuals committed an unusual robbery.Without using force or firing a single shot, they assaulted the Mexican Mint on August 6, 2019. In that robbery, they stole 1,567 centenarians and some collectible watches, all valued at more than 55 million pesos.According to the inquiries, at 9:30 a.m. at least three subjects entered the building separately.Two of them were dressed as office workers, in a dress shirt and sweater, one gray and the other beige, the latter carrying a backpack.The third subject, with a beard, wore a dark jacket and a cap.Witnesses narrated that the subjects entered the Mexican Mint, which usually has a store for sale to the public, subdued the guard, an ex-military named Edgar Iván, and proceeded with the robbery.The 35-year-old guard specified that he was able to identify two subjects, who entered, with firearms in their hands, and immediately threatened him, threw him to the ground and stripped him of his charge weapon.He added that the other subject went to the vault and started taking centenarians and putting them in his backpack.Minutes later, the thieves calmly left the place, and then fled with their accomplices who were waiting for them on Paseo de la Reforma.The loot was allegedly taken on a motorcycle.To date, more than 5 people have been linked to the process in this case, although none have received a sentence.In January 2012, a group of employees of Forecasts for Public Assistance and their families had a 'lucky stroke' when they won the Melate raffle bag, which was around 110 million pesos.How they did it?The fraud was carried out by several officials of Sports Forecasts, as well as the company that provides the services of recording and broadcasting the draws.The 2518 draw was recorded several hours in advance and those involved filled out the ballots with the winning numbers, which were later collected by relatives of those involved.Three years later, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) arrested Héctor Hugo López Jiménez, former deputy director of Contests and Sports Forecasts for Public Assistance, in the municipality of Ixtlahuaca de Rayón, State of Mexico.The detainee was related to the fraud for more than 110 million pesos to the detriment of Sports Forecasts,"López Jiménez, in complicity with other employees of that institution, defrauded and put at risk the credibility of the draws and contests of said institution," stated the then PGR.After his arrest, the PGR reported that it had identified 12 other alleged perpetrators of planning the Melate fraud.He also assured that the amounts were recovered because the bank accounts of the suspects were blocked and they could not withdraw the money.MILLIONAIRE ASSAULT ON JEWELRYSanta Fe, in Mexico City, is one of the most well-known and important financial centers in the country.For this reason, the jewelry stores located in the area are exclusive and handle inventories with a value greater than 20 million pesos.In 2015, a group of more than 15 people entered the Saks Fifth Avenue jewelry store and in less than a minute broke the windows with sledgehammers and took merchandise valued at 1.2 million dollars.The images released by the capital's Attorney General's Office warn that the criminals went to the square exactly at 8:00 p.m. on January 23 aboard two Voyager-type trucks, one white and the other dark.Once inside the Plaza, they subdued the security personnel to later enter the jewelry store where they began to break the windows just at 8:03:35 p.m.;while at 20:04:40 the thieves began to flee.The entrance to the shopping center, the assault and the flight took the criminals 3 minutes 45 seconds.The shot of another security camera detects the thieves fleeing in two different cars than the trucks in which they arrived.On that occasion, authorities from the Attorney General's Office reported that the owners of the jewelry store themselves accredited to the Public Ministry the legal ownership of the stolen merchandise and set the total amount of what was stolen at 1.2 million dollars.Worthy of a movie or series, in Jalisco one of the most important bank robberies in the history of Mexico was recorded, the case became relevant due to the method used to carry out the theft.It all started in April 2005 when a group of people looted the vault of a Banorte branch in the municipality of Guadalajara, stealing more than 300,000 dollars, 2,900 euros, 900 francs, more than 250,000 pesos, 7 million pesos. in jewels, stones, thousand ounces of silver, 32 centenarians.According to local media, the events occurred when a tunnel was discovered that began in an entertainment center located very close to the bank and which was only divided by a space for medical offices.The gang meticulously planned for several days the opening of the hole of more than 40 meters that would have an exit in the bank and installed beams to prevent a collapse.After weeks of digging and reconnoitring the area, one morning they entered the vault to take the loot.A few years later and after a series of investigations, the authorities confirmed that the robbery was carried out by a gang led by a person of Peruvian nationality.Some of its members had a history of similar robberies, which facilitated the capture of people and the eventual sentencing of members of the gang, who are still in Jalisco prisons.