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Car theft rises 283% in Northeastern Mexican state.
Crime seems almost epidemic in the northeastern Mexican state, Nuevo Leon, where car theft rose 283% since 2006, according to the AMIS, an association of Mexican insurance institutions. Nearly 15,000 people in Nuevo Leon have been victims of car theft since the beginning of this year, more than half of them were forced out of their car. These shocking figures put Nuevo Leon second in car theft in the nation, surpassed only by the state of Mexico.
An even more distressing fact is the number of people actually investigating these crimes, which is only 35 agents. Putting this statistics in cars per agents investigating, leads to a 428 cars per agent, per year. Strangely, around 60% of cars stolen this year have been recovered. This may be partly because of all the cars that are found days after being stolen, when they were already used by criminals for blocking the roads to prevent army support troops from coming into action.
Get out of the car.
Since the beginning of 2010, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon’s capital city; has witnessed the biggest crime wave of its history. Shootings and robberies have become part of everyday life in Mexico’s industrial capital and, to many people’s concern, things don’t seem to be changing soon.
About Giovanni Guerra
Giovanni Guerra is an Associate with Michael Saad International with extensive experience with security related issues and specializes in Latin affairs, customs, traditions and operational security & awareness in Mexico. Recently, Ms Guerra received her M.Sc. in Intelligence and National Security from the University of Texas at El Paso.