A screaming 36-year-old woman was snatched and bundled into a car as she chatted with neighbours outside her own home.

Astonishing footage of the kidnapping – in Los Alamos in the city of San Luis Potosi in the central Mexican state of the same name – emerged as police began a hunt for her abductors.

In the CCTV footage – filmed on March 25 – the victim, named as Brenda Magdalena, is seen talking to her elderly neighbour.

Then a man in a dark hoodie, apparently holding a gun, approaches her and drags her screaming towards a white car.

The victim is then bundled into the back of the car as the driver speeds off before his accomplice can even close the door.

Meanwhile, an astonished elderly woman joins the neighbour at the gate to helplessly watch Magdalena disappear from view.

According to local reports, Magdalena was talking about a water pump in need of fixing with her neighbours when she was forced into a car on their doorstep.

Standing on the other side of the gated entrance, the couple could only look on as the victim was driven away.

The police investigation into Magdalena’s disappearance is ongoing.

The kidnapping occurred one day after resident Nayeli Alfaro Silva, 25, was abducted in the Mexican city.

The young woman’s kidnapping shocked the city and led to a demonstration in front of the Attorney General’s Office to demand progress in the case.