The number of home burglaries in the Guadalajara metropolitan area in 2012 is already on course to surpass last year’s total, with 2,829 incidents in the metro area’s four main municipalities reported to the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (PGJEJ) between January 1 to October 31. Of these, 1,162 took place in Guadalajara, 997 in Zapopan, 374 in Tlaquepaque and 296 in Tonala.
The La Estancia neighborhood in Zapopan has been the worst affected by theft this year, with reports of 92 robberies filed in the first ten months of the year. Speaking to reporters this week, Zapopan Police Chief David Mora blamed residents of La Estancia – a middle-class neighborhood near the Parque Metropolitano – for not taking preventive measures against break-ins.
“Everything starts with the citizen, you have to self-protect at home,” Mora said, noting that in La Estancia it is common to find simple locks, front doors left open and vehicles left unlocked or with the windows down.
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