Articl,e from El Sol de Mazatlan on Car Thefts, Carjackings

Posted by Barra Sally on May 6, 2010, 9:12 am
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[www.oem.com.mx] and a rough translation from Google: Mazatlan, Sinaloa .- The vehicle theft is a real problem in our city. On average, every day, are stolen from one to two units. Cars or vans, though in recent days to offenders being given by staying "camionetotas" luxury. According to the Municipal Public Security Secretariat, so far this year have been won in Mazatlan 385 units, of which 122 have managed to be recovered, most of them criminals because they were left abandoned. Also reported that many of these units were used to commit criminal acts. Just last week, a high school teacher was stripped of his truck: a 2010 model Avalanche, whose agency cost is more than 350 thousand pesos. The Municipal Public Security Secretary, licensed Gilberto Acuna Armenta, acknowledges that crime has become a "real headache for us." Recognizes the responsibility for crime prevention in Mazatlan, the theft of vehicles, "unfortunately is a criminal activity, linked to organized crime that we started going out of control." In an interview, Acuņa Armenta sets her hypothesis that the theft of units in our city are not isolated incidents but most likely are actions orchestrated by a well-organized band dedicated to this form .... Could they be from here the members of this band? No, by the way we act that would be people of Culiacan, because of more recent cases we have learned, take direction to Culiacan RECORD NUMBER According to official statistics from the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), last year (2009) in Sinaloa, broke the record for vehicle theft, the document in the public prosecutor's office a total of 5000 reports 964 . A year earlier, in 2008, the number 5000 882 closed complaints, the highest year in this area was 2005 with 540 complaints in 4000 statewide. So far this year, the figure stands at 2 000 363 cases, with court until last April, citing the official figures for the prosecution It is precisely the cities of Los Mochis, Mazatlan and Culiacan, who face the most serious problem. Robberies and assaults DAILY The proprietor of the SSPM acknowledged that virtually every day you have one or two cases. "Either a parked stolen or that someone was taken away at gunpoint. We are doing our part our best but it is literally impossible to police the entire city." Mazatlan has a vehicle fleet of about 120 000 vehicles, including of course the public transport, nor escape from the action of the thugs as established in the police parts of the SSPM.

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