Mexico robbery: Armed gang seizes gold coins from mint (BBC)

Armed robbers have stolen commemorative gold coins worth more than $2m (£1.6m) from Mexico’s mint.

Two men threatened guards at a branch of the Casa de Moneda in Mexico City before grabbing more than 1,500 coins from a vault, police said.

They fled on motorcycles before police arrived. No-one was injured.

The gold coins, known as “centenarios”, were first minted in 1921 to mark the centenary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. Read more

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