“Scooby Was Innocent”: Man Throws Dog Into Kettle Of Hot Oil And Owner, An Eight-Year-Old Boy, Watched Him Die

A serious case of animal cruelty has outraged the people of Mexico. In that country, a man was arrested after he was identified as the one who threw a dog into a pan of hot oil. It was a painful death for “Scooby”, the name of the dog, playmate of an eight-year-old boy.

From ordinary citizens to senior Mexican authorities, such as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador himself, they have denounced Sergio “N’s” action, as determined by the Office of Justice (FGJ) of the Attorney General of the State of Mexico.

Arrested for the death of a dog

According to what was reported by several media outlets, the man grabbed “Scooby” and threw it into the pan with “boiling oil over 200 ° Celsius in a butcher shop in the town of San Pablo Tecalco, in the municipality of Tecámac, state of Mexico.” , Infobae published.

There is a video recording of the brutal action, committed on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The child who took care of “Scooby” watched him die. There is no possible justification for such cruelty.

On Tuesday afternoon, May 30, “the attacker was arrested in the office of the mayor of Coyoacán in Mexico City” and brought to trial under tight security measures.

Before announcing the arrest, Infobae, citing authorities, said the man “entered a butcher shop in the town of San Pablo Tecalco — municipality of Tecámac — where he verbally assaulted the tenant, but also threatened him with a knife and took a violent stance. “

What came was horrifying: “On leaving the establishment, the person grabbed one of the dogs standing on the doorstep of the property, grabbed it by the neck and threw it into a pan of boiling oil, causing the death of the animal.

The topic was practically easy to find. The video went viral and sparked outrage among many. It is now known that the defendant was a police officer in Mexico City Indigo report.

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“An Innocent Dog”

López Obrador deplored the animal cruelty and called for love for animals, reported El Universal.

Only by being good can we be happy. Not only does man live on bread, we must seek material well-being, but also the well-being of the soul.

Lopez Obrador, President of Mexico

Sergio “N” faces a sentence of between 3 and 6 years, the Mexican newspaper announced. There won’t be another “Scooby” for its owner, the other victim of all this pain. He watched his pet die in the worst way.

He is 8 years old and has several questions in his mind. According to El Heraldo de México, he said that when he heard his puppy, he came to his rescue and “he was still breathing a little bit, but he couldn’t take it anymore and he died.”

“That dog was innocent, why did you do that to him?” asks the little boy.

I miss him a lot, I miss him because I used to play with him in the afternoon, when I woke up I ran with him.

Child owner of “Scooby”

In Infobae, they quoted the president of Mundo Patitas’ civic association, Norma Huerta, as “hoping this case will be a turning point for legislation and tougher punishments against animal cruelty.”

On the afternoon of May 31, they reported in Nmas that the examining magistrate had ordered preventive detention against the aggressor.

Against the man, “detained in the Chiconautla prison”, state of Mexico, the prosecution has “obtained a second arrest warrant”. Now he is also being prosecuted for attempted murder, to the detriment of the butcher’s tenant, they explained.

Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Minister of Security and Civil Defense, quoted in El Universal, summed up the pain and outrage: “It’s a case of unending cruelty.”