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Fast Response Leads to Vehicle Recovery

Before Owner Even Knows It Was Stolen

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---An alert security guard and fast police response led to the vehicle of a San Diego County tourist being recovered before its owner even knew it was stolen.

“It was amazing,” said Gary Pimentel of Vista, California, whose Ford F350 was stolen from the dirt road leading to the popular Popotla fishing village just south of downtown Rosarito.

The suspected thief was arrested within minutes after a very brief police pursuit and Pimentel got his vehicle back the next day.

Pimentel, who also has a home in Baja, had gone to the area of shops and restaurants to buy some shrimp on the afternoon of Jan. 9. He parked on the dirt road past the landmark white arch to the popular tourist attraction.

About 3:30 a security guard saw a man apparently break into Pimentel’s vehicle and drive it away. He immediately called the emergency 066 number and officers from Rosarito’s tourist police force quickly converged on the area.

Four tourist police officers --- Victor Ángel Vela Gazca, Christian Arturo Franco Balderas, Edgar Servando Luna Morales and Christian Fabián Preciado Arreola --- spotted the vehicle a short distance away, near the 7-Eleven by the Scenic Road entrance.

The driver of the stolen vehicle tried to flee on foot. But tourist police officers arrested a suspect, Rodolfo Hernandez, 35 of Tijuana.

“You guys are doing a great job,” Pimentel, the happy owner of the recovered vehicle told police and city officials who assisted him with the recovery. He said it was the first time he’d ever had a problem in eight years of visiting the region.

“Cars get stolen everywhere but it’s very unusual to see one recovered this quickly,” Pimentel said,

Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres, who started the tourist police force two years ago, praised the effort of both the security guard and the officers who responded so quickly.

“This is how exactly how the response system is supposed to work,” said Torres, who also formed a city office for tourist attention, a citizens’ watch program with 400 members and an ombudsman’s office to assist visitors with any problems.

Torres also began the system of issuing bilingual tickets to visitors which can be mailed in with fines from the U.S.  

Crime in Rosarito the first 11 months of 2009 declined 21 percent from the previous year, to its lowest level in five years.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     January 4, 2010

Rosarito Crime Declines 21%

To Reach A Five-Year Low

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---From January to November  of 2009 Rosarito had the largest year-to-year decline in crime of any city in Baja California --- 21 percent --- to its lowest rate in five years, according to state figures.

The tourist and retirement destination 35 miles south of San Diego was the only one of Baja California’s five cities to achieve a five-year low. Baja Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan has praised it as a success story,

Overall, Baja California crime declined by an average of 10 percent in 2009 from the same 11-month period in 2008 and was lower than the level of the previous two years.

“These are very encouraging figures for Rosarito, especially in difficult economic times, when crime historically increases,” said Mayor Hugo Torres, who ran in 2007 largely on a platform of improving public security and police reform.

Rosarito led all Baja cities in major categories for 2009, recording a 25 percent year-to-year decline in robbery and burglaries, 36 percent in violent crimes and 52 percent in murders, from 54 to 26, according to the January-November state figures.

Five of the killings were between members of rival drug cartels as the government makes it more difficult for them to operate, and three were of police officers.

 “Other people simply are not targets of the violence connected to the organized crime crackdown,” Torres said.

Torres added that the drug-related killings are very troubling but even with them Rosarito has a lower homicide rate than some U.S. cities, including New Orleans, and about the same as Washington, D.C.

“Understandably, much of the media coverage in the U.S. has focused on the crackdown on organized crime --- it’s a vital international issue,” he said. “But that has created a misleading impression about security here.”

“These latest crime figures show that for our typical resident and visitor, Rosarito is as safe or safer than ever. We hope these statistics will be well reported to convey a more realistic picture of life and safety here.”

Since taking office, Torres has led efforts to replace more than half of the city’s police force while expanding its size from about 150 to 230 officers and establishing a special tourist police force which uses bilingual traffic tickets.

The mayor also brought in former Army Capt. Jorge Montero to lead the police department as director of public security. 

Torres praised Montero’s work in improving police performance and reducing crime, as well as the support of the City Council. Montero was honored in a ceremony Saturday night as part of National Police Day.

Torres also cited federal and state support plus a close working relationship with the Rosarito office of the state attorney general, which is responsible for most reporting and investigation of crime.

“Prevention is the key to crime reduction,” said Torres, who added that the city’s focus would remain on public security, including increased efforts in sections of the city where crimes were higher than the average.

Rosarito also is working on expanding positive activities including sports and drug prevention programs for youth. Torres has personally talked to about 15,000 of the city’s 23,000 school children and plans to visit the remainder this year.

New Baja Tourist Police Force Scheduled For Spring Launch SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA---A new Baja Metropolitan Tourist Police force is scheduled to begin patrolling between Tijuana and Ensenada in April, in time for the busy spring and summer visitor season.

Twenty officers who in turn will train 90 or more to be part of the force were recognized at a Dec. 18 graduation ceremony at the San Diego Police Department, where they received a special one-day course. “I’m confident that this relationship will enable us to expand tourism opportunities on both sides of the border,” San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders told an audience of officers, mayors and representatives from both the Mexican and U.S. consulates.

The Metropolitan Tourist Police will join with other agencies in patrolling parts of the 70-mile tourist corridor from Tijuana to Ensenada. They will offer special assistance to visitors and also can issue bilingual traffic tickets that can be paid from the U.S. Tourist police officers will have special uniforms and vehicles. .

Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres said the special force will help visitors feel more comfortable and welcome in the popular tourist region .Rosarito has had its own 30-member tourist force for two years and it has been well received, Torres said. Additional preparation and training will take place between now and the spring launch. (Accompanying photo shows Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres talking at the Dec. 18 graduation ceremony for members of the Baja Metropolitan Tourist Police. Photo by Barney Thompson/MexiData.)

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First Group of Baja Tourist Police Set to Graduate on December 18 ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---

The first group of a new Metropolitan Police Force to help patrol Baja’s tourist corridor from Tijuana to Ensenada is scheduled for a graduation ceremony Dec. 18 (tomorrow) at the San Diego Police Department.

The ceremony will be at 11 a.m. for the 15 officers, five each from Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. The new uniforms for the special force also will be introduced at that time and the force will have specially marked patrol cars.

The duties of the Metropolitan Police Force, expected to be on duty by early 2010, will be to help other regional departments protect and assist the millions of visitors along northern Baja’s popular 70-mile coastal tourist corridor.

On Dec, 17 (today) the 15 officers will undergo special training in working with out-of-area visitors at the San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute under the direction of San Diego Police Sgt. David Landman. Those officers in turn will provide training to 30 fellow officers from each of the three Baja cities who will comprise the force. The San Diego Police Department also will provide ongoing monitoring and training.

The police force in San Diego, a popular tourist destination, has extensive experience in working with out-of-town visitors and is considered an expert. The graduation ceremony will be attended by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos, Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres and Ensenada Mayor Pablo Lopez Nunez Alejo, as well as Consul General Remedios Arnau from the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, General Consul Steven Kashkett from the US Consulate in Tijuana and San Diego police officials.

The mutual cooperation agreement was formalized in a letter of intent signed in October at San Diego City Hall by San Diego Mayor Sanders and mayors of the three Baja California cities. “We’ve always prided ourselves on our working relationship with our friends to the south,” Sanders said, adding that the economies of the two regions are closely tied and both benefit from binational tourism. “What’s good for Rosarito and Tijuana and Ensenada is good for San Diego,” he said.

Rosarito Beach Mayor Torres said that having San Diego police, who are very experienced in dealing with international and U.S. tourists, assisting with training will be a great benefit. “It will help us find out how American police work so we can provide better services,” Torres said.

Torres said that visitors always have been safe in Baja but the new metropolitan tourist police would help make them feel more comfortable, secure and welcome. Rosarito in 2008 started its own 30-member tourist police force, a special city department for attention to tourists, an ombudsman’s office to assist visitors and now issues bilingual traffic tickets that can be mailed in with fines from the U.S.

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