Local News, Older Posts

 

Feb 13, 2012.......Soldiers from 79 Infantry Battalion, to serve a citizen's report, which stated the presence of armed persons, in a house on Ocampo Street in the town of Ajijic, managed to arrest four men in possession of 120 grams of marijuana, 12 magazines for different weapons, 181 bullets of different calibers, a van with license plates JCS-6028, and five cell phones that were used for illegal activities. Article in Spanish www.informador.com.mx/jalisco

Feb 3 - The CSI Group has sent out an email to their distribution list to advise everyone that the Anonymous Tip Hotline is now operational and the scope is tips for crimes committed in Ajijic, San Antonio, Chapala and Riberas. The number and information has been added to the above navigational link - Report Crimes to Authorities. Please be aware that we have no connection with the CSI Group and we are not aware of any plans for the group to publish crime information. CSI information may also be available on facebook www.facebook.com but at this time doesn't have information about the tips hotline.

January 22, 2012 Two Killed while waiting for the bus (Article in Spanish translated using google translate:) Tragically, a woman and a child died after being hit by a vehicle whose driver was able to be stopped by the Municipal Police.  The accident happened on January 22, about 8:40 pm, on the road Chapala-Jocotepec, off the town of La Canacinta (west Ajijic). Article in Spanish: www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx

January 28, 2012 A leader of the New Generation Jalisco Cartel arrested in ZapopanArticle in Spanish www.informador.com.mx

This is not crime related but still important - It's flu time - and so far 36 cases of swine flu A/H1N1 had been identified in Guadalajara. Eleven of 36 cases of swine flu cases were from the staff at the Old Civil Hospital "Fray Antonio Alcalde" in Guadalajara. Probably a good hospital to avoid right now. For more info www.lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com (note - The 2011-2012 flu vaccine protects against an influenza A H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the 2009 A H1N1 virus).

January 21, 2012 - The Community Service Initiative is now on facebook -www.facebook.com Send them a friend request to receive updates.

January 21, 2012 - Expat, Larry Allen, Missing from small village (Puerto Corona) on southside of Lake since January 1 - per discussion on Chapala.com. Foul play is suspected. www.chapala.com.

January 20, 2012 A dozen couples of Irish nationality who have been residing temporarily in the lakeside area while attempting to adopt Mexican infants have been identified by Jalisco authorities in connection with the investigation of an alleged child-trafficking ring. Since the case broke late last week, state law enforcement has rounded up seven women and two men, all Mexican nationals from the Guadalajara metro area, for their possible involvement in an international adoption racket that appears to have gone amok after smooth sailing for close to a decade. While so far none of these individuals has been brought up on formal charges, all have been detained as witnesses in the matter. www.guadalajarareporter.com

January 20, 2012 Arthur Marquez Martinez of Chapala and a teenager were arrested murdering David Williams Reitz in Puerto Vallarta last November when they went to visit him. Prior to moving to Puerto Vallarta in November, Mr Reitz, 65, lived in San Antonio Tlayacapan. Click here to read the article in Spanish. 

Chapala, Jalisco (17/ENE/2012) .-   Two brothers, residents of the township of Chapala, were arrested because they were assured 12 doses of the drug known as crystal. Article in Spanish: www.informador.com.mx

Dec 23 - Please report crimes committed by these suspects: Click here to read and see pictures

January 6 CSI Update Email Click here to read

 

January 9, 2012: Twitter reports of 10 missing school children in Guadalajara, www.facebook.com posted noon on Saturday. Today, Milenio and www.informador.com.mx have published statements from the Secretary of Education that says this is a joke gone bad.

January 6 Interview with Capt Contreras Editorial "Foreign Pressure Works" Click here to read

Dec 21 - Ballistic tests show that suspect's gun used in the killing of Chris Kahr (same person that was identified by victims). Article in Spanish www.informador.com.mx

 

Dec 18, 2011: Two men found executed in Zapotitán Hidalgo , Jocotepec (a small town to the east of hwy 15 on the way to Guad). Article in Spanish: www.informador.com.mx

Dec 18, 2011: Death of 4 Univ of Guad students and 1 parent after they went to the Federation of Guadalajara Students’ (FEG) headquarters. They went to complain that the student group was demanding too much protection money for allowing him to sell snacks outside a high school campus. The FEG is being investigated for the deaths. Article in spanish: www.informador.com.mx. older article in english: www.borderlandbeat.com. On December 17, thousands march in protest, article in spanish: www.noticias.univision.com

December 16, 2011: www,guadalajarareporter.com Arturo Arceo Garcia Espiritu of Ajijic now in custody for murder of Chris Karr.

Dec 14, 2011: The PGR ignored 089 citizen complaints: The Attorney General's Office (PGR), in Jalisco delegation has consistently ignored the attention of the reports generated by the program 089 anonymous complaints, as reported by the Council Citizen Public Safety, Prevention and Rehabilitation of the State of Jalisco (CCSP) - more information in Spanish www.informador.com.mx.

Dec 12, 2011: From Chapala Web Forum: I just came through the Guad bus station this afternoon. All the ticket windows had information posters taped to them with pictures of about 6 young men who had been caught and incarcerated as the robbers on the bus. The bus company was offering any victim a free ride into town to claim any of their belongings that were recovered. That was nice to see done so quickly. They were all very young and resembeled any normal face you'd pass in the street...no weird hair, piercings, tatoos, wild looks, etc.

Dec 9, 2011- Two guys arrested in Guadalajara while installing a skimmer on an ATM. Lets hope they are the ones that also worked at Lakeside. Click here to read articles in English.

Dec 9, 2011: Click here to read the email from the Community Safety Initiative Meeting December 9.

Dec 9, 2011: Chapala Municipal President Jesus Jimenez Cabrera takes leave of absence (Thursday) to run for Pan Rep District 17 Article in Spanish, Source: www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx

Dec 9, 2011: Results of Dec 7 Anti Crime Forum Meeting - click here: guadalajarareporter.com To read a different article in Spanish in Paginas, click here: www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx
In this meeting, the police chief complained that only 3 people reported crimes to his hot line in the last 2 years - denuncia_chapala@hotmail.com.

Dec 9, 2011: Guadalajara, Jalisco (8/NOV/2011) .- The Ministry of Public Safety launched  www.policiaguadalajara.com, and from what we understand of the website - will allow you to make anonoymous complaints and display crime rates based on the reports that come to their own municipal agency, and are served by its police force - which may be different those of the Attorney General of the State of Jalisco (PGJEJ), which are based on the criminal complaint. If anyone has a better translation, email us.

Source: www.informador.com.mx Webmaster comments: We did check it out briefly and did not find any reports for burglaries in the city for December. So I guess time will tell if this is going to be useful to anyone -

Dec 7 - Mirasol Alert - may apply to other Fraccs: There  has been a suspicious van, Chevy Lumina greenish blue in color in Mirasol stopping and writing down house numbers and checking out people's property. Be on the lookout, if you see this van call the police.

Dec 4, 2011: - Three found executed in Jocotepec (El Molino - on Mx15 on way to Guad from Joco) - wrapped in plastic bags and tied with metal tape.  Article in Spanish Click here

Dec 2, 2011: Some expats had some excitment at Costco Zapopan - as a robbery took place while they shopped. Article in Spanish - click here

Dec 2,2011: - Jalisco Institute of Transparency evaluates Chapala. 5th worst with a score of 22.11% out of a possible 100%. Article in Spanish - click here

Nov 30, 2011: Chapala Taxi Cab Driver Murdered - Article in Spanishwww.paginaquesiselee.com.mx

November 30, 2011: Local man, Marco Antonio Palacios Clemow, 34, residing in Emiliano Zapata Street, Santa Cruz de la Soledad (before Vista del Lago), in Chapala, who has a history of attempted robbery. and is a member of Cartel Jalisco New Generation,  was arrested. He had participated in the Chapala Shootout September 12 with other non locals. To see picture and article in spanish - www.lapoliciaca.com

Nov 18, 2011 Remember the shootout in El Limon that didn't make the news? But people heard grenades etc - Finally found some news: "Blow to narcos in Jocotepec, Degollado, and Guadalajara": Military personnel said drug and weapons in operations undertaken in the municipalities of Jocotepec, Degollado, Guadalajara. First and in response to a citizen complaint, to make land-tour in the fractionation El Limon, a town San Juan Cosala, municipality of Jocotepec, military forces secured four guns, six grenades, 47 magazines and a thousand cartridges of various calibers, and five trimmings. Article in Spanish: www.periodicoelsur.com

Nov 9, 2011: 3 murdered in Chapala father, mother, child - www.informador.com.mx

Aug 3, 2011: - I think we missed this when it was published. - note - from August 2011 -The Chapala Area is a Red Flag for Safety: During a meeting with mayors of municipalities of La Rivera de Chapala, the Secretary of State Public Security, Luis Carlos Najera Gutierrez de Velasco, proposed the creation of a regional police. Speak the head of the Ministry of State Security in an interview: "We have a particular concern for the Chapala area for example, a few days ago we were with the mayors and proposed to them the same thing I intended to mayors of the Northern Zone, which is to generate coordination efforts to create regional police ... But Here again the same damn problem of money ... " Article in Spanish Source: 1070noticias.com.mx

 

 

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General News, Older Posts

Feb 8 - Mexican Army makes HUGE seizure 15 tons of meth in Tlajomulco de Zuniga. So how big was this bust? 4 Billion street value according to the NY Times. www.nytimes.com Feb 16 - Stratfor has an interesting article about methamphetamine (this seizure was the largest in Mexico's history - and their observation is meth production may pick the winner in the drug ware www.stratfor.com

Feb 8 - Updated Travel Advisory for Mexico. Click here to read.

Feb 2 - A missionary couple from Texas were slain in their home outside the violence-plagued northern industrial city of Monterey, the U.S. Embassy and their family said Wednesday. The embassy identified the couple as John and Wanda Casias. www.mysanantonio.com

(29/ENE/2012) .- The number of people killed by violent events in Jalisco, was 30 people on Friday to early Sunday. Article in Spanish:  www.informador.com.mx (none at Lakeside). January total for Jalisco is 106 to include 3 policemen and 47 within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.

 

January 19 - 20, 2012 - Canadian Woman badly beaten in Mazatlan - A Mexican man has been arrested and will likely face an attempted homicide charge in the brutal beating of a Canadian woman at a five-star resort in Mazatlan. www.ottawasun.com www.cbc.ca news.nationalpost.com

January 25, 2012 Strator's year end report on Mexican Cartels - predicting more violence for Guadalajara in 2012. Article temporarily free and in English - www.stratfor.com

January 25, 2012 Two arrested in death of Canadian Robin Wood in Cihuatlán - article in Spanish www.informador.com.mx

A person forwarded it this link to us - a crime study done in South Africa. We thought it was interesting enough to post the link. Not all of the findings apply to our perps - but I am guessing that there is significant commonality. One of the findings was: Eighty percent of residential robberies are committed with the help of information from domestic workers, gardeners and former employees. So maybe the figure is not eighty percent at Lakeside, and we can probably add closeby construction workers - but some interesting findings that have some applicability - http://gido.co.za/pages/el_stats.htm

January 17 - (Naturalized) Canadian Citizen executed in Culiacan, Sinola - Narco Style Execution and apparently involved in illegal activities www.lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com

Jan 16 - Battle for Billions: Street gangs with cartel ties are not only in Los Angeles and Dallas, but also in many smaller cities across the United States and much farther north of the Mexican border. Mexican cartels had a presence in 230 cities in the United States in 2008, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Its 2011 report shows that presence has grown to more than 1,000 U.S. cities. While the violence has remained mostly in Mexico, authorities in Arizona, Georgia, Texas, Alabama and other states have reportedly investigated abductions and killings suspected to be tied to cartels. Source: CNN Reporter on Borderland Beat www.borderlandbeat.com

In December, a student from BC disappeared in the state of Oaxaca and the body was found Dec 29. Click here to read more www.huffingtonpost.ca and lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com (see Jan 3 entry)

01/13/12–According to a new study on rule of law in Mexico, impunity runs rampant throughout the country. Guillermo Zepeda, a professor at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), was stirred by the lack of response to investigations of murders in Mexico. To combat the culture of acceptance to impunity, Zepeda authored a study to measure the level of impunity for murder in Mexico. His findings were dismal were that in 2010, 80% of homicides in Mexico went unpunished without trial or conviction justiceinmexico.org.

January 7, british expat (now mexican citizen) murdered in Colima Click here to read

January 12 - We feel this article about visiting Mexico offers a well balanced perspective - Q&A with security consultant Walter McKay - Interviewed by CBS News  www.borderlandbeat.com

January 11 - Guadalajara at the cross-roads of huge methamphetamine market: Interesting article in english. Click here to read

January 3 - A Canadian, 67 year old Robin Wood, was murdered during a home invasion at Villa Obregon (a village adjacent to Melaque) -Click to read article

lapoliticaeslapolitica.blogspot.com is an interesting blog, that many of you may not have heard of. In the bloggers words the blog is an "English language news blog related to Mexico and Central America. Specific attention to politics and breaking news stories." We checked it out, and thought it worth recommending - they had an especially good write up about the Canadian killed in Villa Obregon. If you are interested in subscribing, the link is on the lower left of their blogspot webpage.

Dec 24 2011 - This week there was a slaughter of bus passengers in Veracruz. We saw the articles and didn't add it to local news as it wasn't really local. Today we saw that 3 US citizens with dual nationality were on the bus. That does up the count of US citizens killed in Mexico. For information about the US Citizens www.msnbc.com. For information about the attack www.edition.cnn.com also covered by - www.borderlandbeat.com

Dec 7, 2011: On Monday Jalisco's top police official, state SSP director Luis Carlos Nájera Gutiérrez de Velasco, held a news conference announcing that a third organized crime group had entered the fight for the Guadalajara plaza. Najera stated the the new group, La Barredora, had entered the fray after the mass homicide involving 26 bodies left on a major roadway in Guadalajara on November 24th.

"We are talking about a war between La Resistencia, armed and supported by Los Zetas, against the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Based on narco messages and other evidence we believe a 'shock' group sent by another cartel has arrived.................. La Barredora is one of several groups fighting for control of the lucrative Acapulco plaza and is involved in drug trafficking, murders, kidnappings and extortions, including the infamous threats against teachers and schools in the city.  Source: Borderland Beat