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"The operations of criminal groups in the municipality had been tolerated for the last few years." says the new Mayor. No kidding, huh? Try to get the "Baja Image Committee" to repeat that sentence. They will deny there was any crime in Rosarito and that it is safe, let alone that crime was actually "tolerated". That's what PR machines are for- although denying three years of headlines did them no good. jmho.



ROSARITO, Baja California(PH) - > El orden que se ha pretendido implementar en Rosarito, es el resultado de los hechos violentos que se han presentado en las últimas semanas, ya que de acuerdo con el alcalde Silvano Abarca la operación de grupos delincuenciales en el municipio, fue tolerada desde hace varios años.

Ahora sí hay firmeza comentó, y existe la decisión de combatir “a los mañosotes”; en diciembre pasado las cifras de muertes violentas se dispararon al igual que en enero, porque pareciera que se pretende generar un clima de inseguridad que no existe, pero sí es la coleta del abandono en que se tenía a la seguridad.

http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLi...-Rosarito.html

ROSARITO, Baja California - The return to order which is intended to be implemented in Rosarito is the result of the violent events in the last few weeks, as according to Mayor Silvano Abarca, the operations of criminal groups in the municipality had been tolerated for the last few years.

Now we are commited, he said, and the decision has been made to combat "the troublemakers." Last December the number of violent deaths rose rapidly, and the same for January, because it appears there is a want to create a climate of insecurity which does not exist. But this is the tail end of the abandonment of security in the past.

I recall an article posted a few days ago that stated they were making a lot of changes in the local police department "at the top".

Only beginning there can any true change begin to take hold in the long run.

I sincerely wish him and the city of Rosarito a lot of luck. I hold a lot of special memories of that place and have a lot of good friends who still live there...

UPDATE... Here come the reinforcements!



TIJUANA BC 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2014 (AFN).- El Secretario de Seguridad Pública Estatal (SSPE), Daniel de la Rosa Anaya habló sobre la necesidad de depurar la Policía Municipal de Playas de Rosarito, en tanto que anunció que se enviaron alrededor de 30 elementos de la Policía Estatal Preventiva (PEP), para reforzar la vigilancia en ese municipio, después de registrados varios hechos delictivos.

Esta mañana, el titular de la SSPE fue cuestionado sobre las medidas que se tomarán después de que en días pasados se registraron al menos dos secuestros en el quinto municipio y reveló que el director de Policía, Jorge Eduardo Montero Álvarez les pidió apoyo.

http://www.afntijuana.info/informaci..._sspe#ver_nota

TIJUANA BC, February 12, 2014 - The State Secretary of Public Security, Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, spoke on the necessity to clean out the Rosarito municipal police department, and announced he will send 30 state preventative police officers to reinforce the vigilance in that municipality, after several criminal events.

This morning, the head of the State Public Security Ministry was questioned about the methods to be taken after there were at least two kidnappings in the past few days in Rosarito, and he revealed that the Rosarito chief of police, Jorge Eduardo Montero Álvarez, has asked them for help.

That sounds encouraging. Let's hope this is the start of something good...

Originally Posted by BajaGringo

That sounds encouraging. Let's hope this is the start of something good...

It is encouraging, but where will "clean" replacements for corrupt police officers come from? That seems to be the main problem with all levels of security- there aren't enough good men and women,