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Jogger Assaulted in Tlalpan Forest

MÉXICO, D.F., 03JUNIO2014.- Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, Secretario de Seguridad Pública durante del Operativo Bosque Seguro en el Bosque de Tlalpan, en Camino Santa Teresa y Zacatepetl, colonia Parque del Pedregal. FOTO: ENRIQUE ORDÓÑEZ /CUARTOSCURO.COM

Mexico City authorities have confirmed that there was a physical assault on a path in the Tlalpan Forest on Oct. 5.

Police found an injured female athlete and determined that she had been a victim of sexual assault.

She was brought to a clinic and later to the Xoco Hospital.

A civil association of runners who use the Tlalpan Forest said that there have been many assaults in the forest, and that they will organize a protest on Oct. 8.