General News
Feb 17 - (Apparently) 44 Gulf Cartel members killed by Zetas at prison north of Monterey - and then 30 Zeta escaped. Fight over drug sales in prison. prison's director and three other officials have been fired as well as 18 guards. www.borderlandbeat.com
Feb 16 - Ixtlahuacán Municipal Policeman assassinated. Article in Spanish www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx
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Local News
Feb 10 - Body of Mexican malel about 45 years old found at corner of Emiliano Zapata and J. Encarnacion Rosas - cause of death unknown. www.informador.com.mx Feb 18 - Update - Not a homicide, death due to loss of blood due to dog bites according to article in Spanish www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx .
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February 1, 2012 - No new problems reported.
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Most recent reports
Jan 23 - Break in Villa Nova. For more information, see Chapala.com - as no one has submitted a report to LakesideCrime.
Ajijic Debit Card Stolen November 23, 2011
Ajijic Vehicle Vandalism February 20, 2012
Ajijic Scotia Atm Fraud February 20, 2012
San Juan Cosala El Limon Theft of Personal Property February 19, 2011
Ajijic Centro Commerical Break in February 13, 2012
San Juan Cosala Robbery February 15, 2012
San Juan Cosala Theft of Personal Property January 28, 2012
Extortion Phone Call February 15, 2012
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What to do if you have been robbed - click here to read
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What is in your purse or wallet? Check it every day!! click here to read
I am from CFE (or TelMex) - please let me check out your house! Opps - no identification: click here to read
What's a Mustard Bandit? If you don't know, you could find out much too quickly: click here to read
Flat Tire? Of course I can help - after all, I made it go flat: click here to read
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Many crimes go unreported to Lakeside Crime. Some are never reported because the victim does not know we exist.
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About LakesideCrime.com
If you don't report it, others will think it never happened!
If you, expat or Mexican, have been a victim of a crime in the Lake Chapala area; or if you are a friend or neighbor of a victim, please let us know what happened so that we can publish the information so that others know what is occurring. This does not take the place of reporting the crime to Mexican Authorities - which we hope you will do.
What if someone tries to break into your house - and destroys your gate or breaks a window - but doesn't succeed. Do you consider that crime? We do. Would you report it to the police? Would the Ministerio Publico allow you to file a Denuncia? The answer in both cases is probably no unless you actually saw the person/s. Would your neighbors or Fracc want to know? The answer is probably yes. They would prefer that you not keep the problem a secret so that they can be more alert.
The police are here to catch people in the act of commiting crimes. At this time, the information they publish is the number of arrests they have made - which is different from the number of crimes reported to them; and they do not categorize by type of crime committed - for example: was the perp arrested because he was drunk or because he killed someone; nor do they care about the nationality of the victim or perp. All that information stays anonymous. The requirement to publish that type of information does not exist at that level.
This website tries to fill the gap - by providing detailed information about what crimes are being committed at Lakeside. Because the website is in English, the audience is expats - but this does not exclude Mexicans from reporting also - a crime at Lakeside is a crime at Lakeside. The one exception is Narco Violence - that is not within our scope and is usually well reported elsewhere.
The only way we can get that information is if you or a knowledgeable neighbor or friend reports the crime - be it an attempted breakin or the theft of personal property from your vehicle. A criminal act is a criminal act.
And who else cares? The Secretaria de Seguridad Pubilcia's office for the State of Jalisco also cares, and they have asked us to start sending copies of reports to them (Your personal information is always keep anonoymous - we remove it before we publish the information on the website - or forward to Public Security). Their goals are to be kept informed and develop a map with crime hot spots and act accordingly. As of December 9, 2011, we will also keep the Chapala Police Department informed of new reports.
So please -take just a few minutes to report a crime if it happened to you or a neighbor or a friend. The community cares and wants to know. And Jalisco Public Security cares and wants to know.
What we do not report is accusations against specific businesses or individuals when the Ministerio has not pronounced a guilty verdict, nor do we include reports where the person could not file a denuncia. Here are two examples: one person reported that a clerk had written down their credit card number and had made fraudulent charges with that credit card. We could only recommend that the person file a denunica with the ministerio to determine guilt. If that person was found guilty by the ministerio, we would add the incident to the website - but not until. Another example was a person that sent us a report about people picnicing on their lawn. We didn't feel that the person could file a report at the ministerio about this - probably not a crime - so we elected not to add the incident to the website. Likewise, if you want to accuse your gardener of breaking in to your house, we will add the break in to the website - but delete references to the gardener until such time was the ministerio finds the gardener guilty. These incidents are not common, but do happen - and both examples are true stories.
We recognize that when you are a victim of a crime, it is traumatic. And we thank you for taking the time to send us a report so that others may be more watchful.
Also, if you would like to contribute information about crime reporting or prevention - please contact us at info@lakesidecrime.com .