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El sospechoso fue capturado en la zona centro de la cabecera municipal. Foto: ilustrativa: Internet.

Redacción.- Por privación ilegal de la libertad de un hombre y el robo del camión de carga que conducía, la Fiscalía Especial Regional llevó a la captura de Miguel Ángel M. que se encuentra identificado como probable partícipe de este delito.

Dicho sujeto, en compañía de otros individuos, presuntamente interceptaron al chofer de un tracto camión marca International, modelo 2016, sobre el macro libramiento, a la altura del kilómetro 29, en Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, para robarle la mercancía que portaba, esto sucedió el pasado 15 de mayo.

La denuncia permitió al Ministerio Público realizar la investigación mediante la que se obtuvo una orden de aprehensión contra el señalado quien fue capturado por elementos de la Policía Investigadora destacados en el Distrito V, en la zona centro del referido municipio.

Miguel Ángel M. ya se encuentra a disposición del Juez Especializado en Control, Enjuiciamiento, Justicia Integral para Adolescentes y Ejecución Penal del Quinto Distrito Judicial con sede en Chapala.

“La persona mencionada se le presume inocente y será tratada como tal en todas las etapas del procedimiento, mientras no se declare su responsabilidad mediante sentencia emitida por el Órgano Jurisdiccional”, informó en un comunicado la Fiscalía.

El tiroteo que dejó 21 víctimas se registró en la escuela primaria Roob de Uvalde, Texas. Foto: Internet.  

Redacción.- Al menos 21 personas sin vida, fue el saldo del tiroteo registrado el mediodía del martes 24 de mayo en un colegio de educación primaria de Uvalde, Texas, Estados Unidos. 

El autor de la masacre fue identificado como Salvador Ramos, un joven de 18 años que ingresó al plantel fuertemente armado y que posteriormente murió abatido por la policía. 

En cuanto a los víctimas, el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, informó el fallecimiento de 19 estudiantes, todos de entre 7 y 10 años de edad y de origen hispano, así como de las profesoras Eva Mireles e Irma García. En la escuela, se cursaba la última semana de clases. 

Según informó la policía de Texas, el agresor se atrincheró en un aula y empezó a disparar sin parar. Mientras, la policía trató de evacuar al resto de los alumnos del colegio. Finalmente, fue abatido.

Previo al tiroteo, Salvador Ramos también disparó contra su abuela tras una discusión debido a que ella trató de impedir los planes del joven. Por las lesiones provocadas por el arma de fuego, la anciana de 66 años fue trasladada al hospital de San Antonio y fue reportada en estado crítico.

The overturned patrol car lies on the road. 

Editorial staff. – In the early morning of May 19, a drunk driver crashed into and overturned a patrol car of the Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos Police Department. The police vehicle was parked on the highway while officers controlled traffic following a prior collision on the Guadalajara-Jocotepec highway near the intersection with La Barca highway

After a report of the original collision, authorities went to the scene to find a woman who was pinned inside her truck. She reported that a runaway trailer had hit her, destroying the front passenger side of the truck. The woman was traveling alone. 

Because a highway lane was reduced, municipal police officers placed a patrol car behind the accident to alert motorists, but an intoxicated man in a RAM pickup truck hit the patrol car and overturned it. No security personnel were injured, but the drunken driver sustained injuries requiring medical attention.  

Translated by Mags Petel

The family was helped by officers to locate the child. Photo: Attorney General’s Office. Photo: Internet. 

Editorial Staff.- State police officers in San Antonio Tlayacapan, in the municipality of Chapala, prevented a woman from being the victim of telephone extortion.

While on patrol the officers were approached by a citizen who reported his sister received a call that her son, a 13-year-old minor, was being held for ransom.

According to the May 16 report, the officers prevented the mother from transferring the money, informing her it was possibly an extortion attempt. At the same time, they began a search to locate her son as soon as possible. 

Minutes later the officers were notified of the minor’s arrival near the Chapala Police Station. The officers went there to corroborate the incident and verify that he was in good health.

After notifying the ministerial agent about the case, the municipal authorities returned the minor to his guardians.

Translated by Mary Woods

Mexican Army: Photo: Internet. 

Editorial Staff.- The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced on May 13 that, due to the recent violent events in different municipalities, there are more than 12 thousand federal soldiers in Jalisco. 

Following the wave of violence in some municipalities of Jalisco such as Jocotepec, Tamazula, La Manzanilla de la Paz, Mazamitla and Puerto Vallarta, 12,362 military and National Guard soldiers are guarding the state. 

6,410 are members of the Army and the Air Force, 5,512 are members of the National Guard, and another 440 come from the Secretariat of the Navy «to guarantee the peace and tranquility of the inhabitants of the State,» stated AMLO in the meeting held in Zapotlanejo. 

Translated by Paul Weeks

El intento de extorsión se registró en un comercio de la calle Hidalgo, de Riberas del Pilar, . Foto: Fiscalía. 

Redacción.- Se registró un nuevo intento de extorsión en el municipio de Chapala, ahora en Riberas del Pilar, donde oficiales de la Secretaría de Seguridad del Estado (SSE) atendieron y frustraron el ilícito. 

Según el reporte de la SSE emitido el 20 de mayo, fue durante un recorrido de vigilancia por la calle Hidalgo, los oficiales estatales fueron interceptados por un hombre, quien les informó que estaba recibiendo llamadas desde un número desconocido en el cual le pedían dinero a cambio de liberar a un empleado al que supuestamente tenían secuestrado.

El joven que supuestamente había sido secuestrado, fue encontrado sano y salvo cerca de un hotel. Foto: Fiscalía.

Los policías brindaron acompañamiento a la víctima y tras recomendarle evitar hacer cualquier pago y seguir proporcionando información a los supuestos secuestradores, procedieron a realizar la búsqueda del empleado, el cual fue encontrado cerca de un hotel, confirmando que estaba en buen estado de salud.

Derivado del hecho se solicitó mando y conducción al agente del Ministerio Público de la Fiscalía del Estado, quien ordenó la elaboración de los informes policiales correspondientes.

People who participated during the removal of one of the invading cyclone fences. Photo: Facebook.

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).- Approximately 20 people gathered to recover the federal land on the beaches of  San Antonio Tlayacapan to protest against alleged illegal construction last Sunday, May 15.

On Sunday morning, residents of San Antonio and Ajijic and members of the group Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera removed two fences that were encroaching properties on Lake Chapala.

A wall allegedly invading federal land was filled with messages about the lack of attention from the authorities. Photo: Facebook.

The activists identify illegal landfills and construction as part of their mission and they pointed to a trailer on land allegedly invaded by the former PAN candidate for local deputy, José de Jesús Arambul Solorio as one of the sites they are targeting.

One of the fences the activists removed was located in a construction site in progress and had been re-erected during the week. The group reported the fence to  the Chapala Urban Development Department, requesting its removal and an end to the construction.However, as of the closing of this edition, the municipal authority had not acted, and the group intends to protest again.

«There are several landfills and high walls on the invaders’ land and they are walls that, until a year ago, were not there. They are very large spaces, some of up to one hectare. We tried to get a resolution from the city council to close down these construction projects, but they did not do it», mentioned a participant of the movement.

Trailer that the activists are trying to remove from property allegedly appropriated by the former PAN candidate for local congressman, Jesús Arambul Solorio, next to a banner calling for its removal. Photo: Facebook.

The contested  trailer had been  planned to be removed during the demonstration,  but there were not sufficient people to move it. The  protesters cleaned the property, and disconnected the vehicle from the electrical wiring, which, according to several witnesses, was illegally connected.

Due to the disregard by the authorities, as well as the lack of support, a demonstration is being called in the same area, this coming Friday, May 20, which will be attended by people from San Antonio, Ajijic and San Juan Cosalá to support the liberation of beaches and to create recreational and sports spaces.

Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan

Amy E.’s 2009 Prius. Photo: Amy E.

Editors. After 10 months of ping-pong between state agencies, attempts by local officials to intervene, and multiple meetings and documents, Amy E. has asked the Stolen Car Office of the US Consulate in Guadalajara to help her get her car back in what observers say is a painful example of a byzantine, incompetent and uncaring bureaucracy run amok.

According to statements, a timeline and documents provided to Laguna by Amy E., the Chapala police towed her car, a 2009 silver Toyota Prius, last July after it was sideswiped by a driver who was passing on the left in a no passing zone.  She had been waiting to make a left turn from the Carretera when her car was struck.  Damage to her car was minor; the other driver lost control and seriously damaged his car, but there were no injuries. Amy E. called her insurance company.  

Neither driver called the police but Amy E. claims a Chapala policeman showed up and towed their cars without permission to the el carralón (impound lot) located on the Libramiento in Chapala.  

Amy E., her spouse, a representative of the insurance company, the lawyer for the insurance company, the President of Gysa S.A de C.V.  which owns the impound lot, and a senior official from the Chapala municipal government met last week to find a way to get Amy’s car back. Laguna was present at the meeting. 

The consensus was that as much as the Gysa S.A de C.V. wants to return her car – which the company president said was his priority – state law forbids the company from doing so without a release  document from Jalisco Ministerio Público (MP). Efforts by Amy E., GYA, and the insurance company to obtain the document have been stymied by 10 months of bungling and bureaucratic nonsense, according to Amy E. and those in attendance.

 “It feels quite unfair – we appeared at every appointment, showed every piece of documentation several times, and we were very eager to get our car out of storage. But every time we showed up with the documents they asked for, they had another excuse for not releasing the car. I wish I knew why it was being held for so long,” Amy told Laguna, displaying all of the documentation required by MP and the list of appointments she and the insurance company had attended on time, as requested.

During the past ten months she says that she and her attorney and insurance company have tried to retrieve their car multiple times both at the Gysa S.A de C.V.  lot and at the Ministerio Público office in Chapala, starting two days after the accident, but have been blocked by the state government agencies who were unwilling or unable to provide the release, although was not at fault and her car was driveable.

The Mexican driver who sideswiped her car did not have insurance and was driving with open alcohol, has never shown up for any required meetings and has suffered no consequences for ignoring the law.

 She knew it was going to be difficult at her first meeting at MP when she arrived for her appointment with all the requested documents and was told she needed another appointment to present the documents to the clerk standing in front of her. At her most recent meeting, she was told her TIP (importation document) was expired and she could not get her car without renewing it and she could not renew it without getting her car. She protested that she had renewed it and presented the documents to prove it (Laguna confirmed the renewal documents) but to no avail. According to copies of emails provided to Laguna by Amy E., MP staff said they needed another document from another state agency.

At one point in the process  (October 2021) the MP told her another agency could not locate the car (it was where it had been for months). Her insurance company had to go to the impound lot and obtain photos to prove that it was still there.

Amy E. relates that the MP staff also asked her to sign a paper saying she was half at fault in order to get her car back, which was not true; however, she signed the paper to expedite the release of her car, which did not happen. The MP has also refused to give her any documents  from her file. 

With no more options, she has asked the Stolen Car Office of the US Counsel General to initiate an investigation. Since MP and the other agencies it works with to obtain documents are part of the Jalisco State government, it appears that intervention is needed at the state level.  She is awaiting a reply.

 “Since it was taken during the rainy season, and due to the accident the driver-side door did not shut completely, we are worried the rain will get inside [the car and ruin it], but our greatest fear is that we will never get it back.”Amy E. told Laguna.

By: Patrick O’Herffernan

Elsewhere in Laguna are the details of the towing and impounding of a local Expat’s car after a minor non-injury accident. The story chronicles a bizarre 10-month journey through a bureaucratic hall of mirrors at the Jalisco Ministerio Público that is still not over.

The Chapala cop who mysteriously arrived at the accident  scene while the parties were working out a deal did not have to tow Amy E’s car. Why he towed the car we won’t know (he  works for another agency now), but that unnecessary action set off a chain of events that , to my mind, has laid bare the worst – and the best – in the Mexican government.

45: weeks Amy E.’s car has been in jail

The system of initiating a tow by a local cop, the actual towing by a private company to a lot regulated by the State, and release of the car in the hands of a State Agency whose priorities are elsewhere, all together are a recipe for disaster. Amy E. is going through this disaster now. The agency doesn’t give a damn about the citizens, the staff is incompetent (at least in this case) and the local government that is closest to the people is powerless.

This has to change. State law should be changed to devolve the authority for releasing towed cars to a local agency. Police at every level should not be allowed to tow cars that are drivable unless they were involved in a crime or an injury. And cars not involved in a crime or an injury accident should be released to the owners within two weeks by the impound lot, whether or not the government has generated the needed documents.

I know – good luck with that. But there is a small silver lining to this cloud  – the responsiveness of local officials. Amy E. was able to contact local officials who, rather than saying hers was a state problem, attempted to intervene on her behalf, spending considerable time in the process. While the intervention failed, it is heartening to see that the government closest to the people – the municipality – listens to them.

The bottom line here;  Mexicans will tell you if you are in an accident and no one is hurt, leave. Don’t leave your car at the scene for a cop to tow while you work out a deal with the other driver, they say. I support a change in the organic law controlling the Ministerio Público; that will make life a lot easier on everyone. In the meantime. Watch this space to help Free Amy E’s car.

Foto: Cortesía.

Redacción. – Chapala fue sede de la Segunda Sesión Ordinaria del Consejo de Seguridad, Región Ciénega, donde acudieron autoridades encargadas de la seguridad pública de todos los niveles de gobierno, así como instituciones correspondientes. 

El alcalde de Chapala, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, dio una cordial bienvenida a los asistentes a esta mesa interdisciplinaria de trabajo y aprovechó la ocasión para expresar que, las reuniones son importantes porque permiten exponer las necesidades y condiciones importantes para los municipios.

“Me da mucho gusto tener la oportunidad de recibirlos en esta segunda sesión del Consejo, para nosotros es importante este tipo de reuniones que nos permiten conocer los índices y datos que tenemos que saber, pero que también nos permiten exponer algunas necesidades o algunas condiciones que consideramos importantes”, compartió Alejandro Aguirre.

Durante la reunión, Ricardo Sánchez Berumen, Coordinador de Estrategia de Seguridad Jalisco, señaló que el último corte de incidencia delictiva dado a conocer por el Gobernador del Estado, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, se percibe una baja, sobre todo en los delitos de reacción policial. “La apuesta es a la prevención del delito mediante la colaboración entre niveles de gobierno para formar una gran red de prevención”, señaló al respecto.

En la sesión de Consejo se abordaron algunos puntos, como la implementación de los acuerdos del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Pública por parte del Centro Estatal de Prevención Social y Centro Estatal de Evaluación y Control de Confianza; y se llevaron a cabo intervenciones para presentar a los municipios datos de relevancia que puede ayudar para mejorar la calidad de la seguridad pública.

En la reunión estuvieron presentes: Ricardo Sánchez Berumen, quien preside la Coordinación Estratégica de Seguridad del Estado de Jalisco; Agustín de Jesús Rentería Godínez, Secretario del Consejo Estatal de Seguridad Pública; magistrado Daniel Espinosa Licón, Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia; Josué Ávila Moreno, Presidente del Consejo Regional Ciénega y Presidente Municipal de Ocotlán.