The Tehuacán Cathedral’s own security cameras, in Puebla, recorded everything. 🎥 A man dressed in a suit and black tie —an alleged staffer of the church— puts his hand into the alms bags collected during Mass, takes out bills and coins, and slips them into his pocket with a calmness that chills the blood. To avoid raising suspicion, he leaves part of the money inside. The faithful, convinced that offering would reach where it was supposed to go, never even noticed. 😤
The detail that turns the stomach the most: at one point in the video, a female coworker approaches and the man was inches away from being discovered. But he kept going. The video began circulating on March 13, 2026 and went viral within hours on X, Instagram, and TikTok, unleashing a wave of massive outrage. According to Article 373 of the Puebla Penal Code, the act could be classified as aggravated theft because it was committed in a protected religious building. 📋
And while social media was on fire, the Diocese of Tehuacán did not issue a single statement. No identification of the person involved, no confirmation of a formal complaint, no explanation whatsoever. The institution’s silence ended up being talked about as much as the theft itself. 🙏💸