The Guardia Civil has arrested a serial offender accused of violently robbing an 81-year-old woman and leaving her seriously injured on a street in Santiago de la Ribera. The arrest was made as part of Operation Timamehis 26, launched following the attack on July 5 at the busy Paseo del Atalayón in Santiago de la Ribera, within the municipality of San Javier. Guardia Civil judicial police specialists took charge of the investigation, gathering evidence from the scene and identifying several nearby security cameras. The Guardia Civil had been called to the area following reports of a person behaving violently. When officers arrived, they established that the individual matched the suspect wanted in connection with the Santiago de la Ribera robbery.