Nearly 11,000 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the Mexico City offices of...
MEXICO CITY - Nearly 11,000 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the Mexico City offices of Spanish bank BBVA, including one of the capital’s tallest skyscrapers, where police sent in a team of bomb experts following anonymous threats.
BBVA said in a statement it did not believe the threats were real, but evacuated its headquarters in the 235-meter Torre Bancomer, as well its Parques Bancomer offices in the upscale Polanco neighborhood as a precaution.Myriam Urzua Venegas, the city’s emergency services chief, told local television station TeleDiario both emails and phone calls warned of “a possible explosive device” in the Torre Bancomer. It could also be a false alarm, she added.
Moises Gutierrez, a police officer at the scene, said a team of around half a dozen experts had not detected any explosive device inside the building almost two hours after entering.
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