Draft:2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt

2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt
Sugar workers and guards detaining the perpetrators
LocationLegislative Palace of San Lázaro, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°25′49″N 99°07′03″W / 19.43028°N 99.11750°W / 19.43028; -99.11750
DateOctober 10, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-10-10)
c. 5:00PM – c. 6:00PM (UTC−06:00)
Attack type
Attempted bombing
Weapons
Deaths0
Injured0
Perpetrators
  • Salvador Gersson Smeck
  • Saer Ben-Zvi
No. of participants
2
MotiveUnknown

The 2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt (Spanish: Atentado fallido a la Cámara de Diputados de México de 2001) was an attempted bombing that targeted the Mexican Chamber of Deputies on October 10, 2001. The attack was attempted by 34-year-old former Israeli Defense Force colonel Salvador Gersson Smeck along with another perpetrator.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The attack was the top news on Mexican television the day it occurred, but it vanished within just a few days.[citation needed]

Bombing plot

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Around 4:00 p.m,[8][4] following an overnight meeting between ex-sugar industry workers and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Beatriz Paredes,[4][8] two individuals began photographing the group; this behavior, and the way they photographed the workers (aiming their cameras below their belts), and who had seen the men the day prior, frustrated the workers and demanded their identification.[8][4]

The two individuals claimed to be press photographers.[8] Unconvinced, the workers overwhelmed them, only to learn that they were armed with firearms and other weapons. A disturbance broke out, and a few workers alerted congressional security, who eventually broke up the disturbance and detained the two individuals while disarming them.[4][8]

Aftermath

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References

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  1. ^ "Boletín No. 697/01". Procuraduría General de la República. October 12, 2001. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cae otra vez hombre que atacó con explosivos la Cámara de Diputados en 2001". La Razón (in Spanish). July 23, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "MOSSAD Terrorists Penetrate Mexican Congress". La Voz de Aztlan. October 15, 2001. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Calibre 9 milímetros luck plástica". Periódico Correo. October 11, 2001. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "David Irving's Action Report On-line". Action Report. December 1, 2001. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Mossad và âm mưu khủng bố toà nhà Quốc hội Mexico". Báo Công an Nhân dân điện tử (in Vietnamese). May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Autoridades mexicanas investigana un israelí". La Prensa (in Spanish). October 13, 2001. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Salvador Gersson Smike". History Commons. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020.