Posted on 06/29/2026 10:53:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
The bizarre string of incidents, which began on June 13 in the municipality of Lagos de Moreno, has left authorities investigating at least five cases over a span of 10 days.
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Photos shared on X show some of the men with moustaches and cat whiskers drawn on their faces.
A mysterious vigilante known online as the "Mexican Batman" or the "Batman of Lagos de Moreno" has become the subject of a police manhunt in Jalisco, Mexico, after allegedly hunting down suspected motorcycle thieves, beating them, and duct-taping them to street lampposts. The bizarre string of incidents, which began on June 13 in the municipality of Lagos de Moreno, has left authorities investigating at least five cases over a span of 10 days. Each time, the suspected thieves were found bound to poles with heavy-duty duct tape, while motorcycles believed to have been stolen were left parked beside them.
Photos shared on X show some of the restrained men with moustaches and cat whiskers drawn on their faces, along with the word "ratero" (Spanish for thief) scrawled across their foreheads. In one incident, two men were taped back-to-back to a lamppost beneath a bright pink warning sign.
According to reports, the vigilante, dubbed the "Batman of Lagos de Moreno," operates under the cover of darkness and appears to leave the recovered motorcycles beside the suspects as evidence of their alleged crimes.
Despite the public spectacle, police are treating the restrained men as victims of assault rather than criminals. State Security Secretary Juan Pablo Hernandez said authorities are actively searching for the vigilante and have identified two vehicles that may be linked to the attacks. Investigators are also trying to determine whether the incidents are the work of a lone individual or a larger group.
The men were eventually freed by police and treated for injuries sustained during the assaults. It remains unclear whether they are also being investigated for the alleged motorcycle thefts.
The incidents come amid a sharp rise in motorcycle thefts in Lagos de Moreno, fuelling frustration among residents. The vigilante campaign has since gone viral across platforms including TikTok, X, and Instagram, where many users have praised the masked figure for taking action against suspected criminals.
Others, however, have warned that vigilante justice sets a dangerous precedent. Human rights advocates argue that taking the law into one's own hands risks escalating violence and undermines the justice system, regardless of the allegations against those targeted.
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not the worst idea
(they’d be in far greater danger if it were the Boy Wonder...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg4XF3AzkOU
“Costumefail.com”.....ain’t THAT the truth.....on top of everything else I think he’s got his tights on backwards. Lol!
Sadly, that what has to happen when the police won’t do their jobs (or can’t).
In Britain and Europe in general, they going to just have to start terrorizing Muslims until they leave. That’s horrible. But that’s what happens.
Same in the USA, unless we want a Muslim takeover.
It’s not American. It’s illegal. It’s unfair. Innocents will be hurt. But that’s kind of thing happens when leaders abdicate responsibility or actively work against their own people.
No doubt the city has a Soros AG.
It is nice to know that The US is not the only beneficiary of his attention to law and order.
“Ratero”? How about ladron?
Rather than just say, "Thank you" and be on their way.
“Taping their mouths shut was a nice touch.”
It had to be done, y’know. 😉
I’m certainly wondering how he did it...
I see that the author of the article is Indian and I suppose that explains how the author missed the obvious allusion of the word Ratero written on the forehead to the English word Rat and the whiskers drawn on the face.
It’s apparently unique to Mexican Spanish; and more about petty theft:
https://insiderspanish.com/posts/mexican-spanish/what-ratero-means/
“Citizen Vigilante” has already been making improvements in society......
Maybe.
But I doubt it.
Mexican police are infamous for their corruption.
More likely the cops are getting paid by the organized crime ring that is behind the motorcycle thefts to ignore or slow peddle the problem. 'We are looking in to it, but we have bigger problems'.
They didn’t call it the Wild West for nothing - where there were no sheriff’s or marshal’s the folks handled things themselves - where today law enforcement and liberal judges setting multiple offenders free time and again .... just saying.
Ratero indicates a petty thief........
When the police refuse to do their jobs...
Interesting - 50-year Spanish speaker and never heard that one.
It’s a crying shame he didn’t tape their noses shut as well…
As a Scorpio, I am particularly fond of justice in the form of revenge and vigilantism. (Not that I believe in astrology, because I don’t.)
You’re talking to a resident of Lincoln County NM whose direct ancestor rode with Billy the Kid. The Kid was in the same spot. Law was no help so he took it upon himself (and went way too far).
For clarity, I’m not advocating this. Nor seeking to participate.
But it’s going to happen and be very ugly. And go way too far, like it always does.
Be much better if the government steps up.
Right. The cops are after him for taking the law into his hands. (Nevermind that the thugs and monsters flaunt the law.) But the kicker is they’ll be a lot more energetic and determined going after the folk hero than they currently are going after the thieves,
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