Crime, Safety, and the Police

[StRobert]

This has been discussed before and the other day an article talking about how run down the Zona Norte is and the people and businesses that are frustrated with the lack of money being spent to upgrade it. It also talks of the long wanted bridge connecting Plaza Americas to this area.

Like I said before, Mexicos next president will be a woman so the chances of the Zona getting cleaned up are very high in my opinion.

https://zetatijuana.com/2024/02/indi...ro-de-tijuana/

Now the mayor of Tijuana is a woman, Monteserrat Caballero, and the governor of the state of Baja California Norte is also a woman, Marina del Pilar, and prostitution is doing well. It is much easier to tolerate prostitution legally than to prohibit it. Many governments know this, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, etc. Because if you make prostitution illegal, it still exists, only now it is illegally controlled by criminal elements, which means aggressive pimps, std, trafficing women, dirty streets full of used condoms, etc. Endless sting operations and arrests of sex workers and customers. Total madness.

[Hargow20]

The cops are there all the time. I rarely see them searching anyone. My guess is that they are assigned there to keep the pedestrian only part of Primera free of Bandito's and other problems. Primera between Nino's Hero's and Constitucion be a little dicey especially at night. There is more people on the west side of Primera so it is safer.

Yes that little area between the arch and the side of hotel nelson has a reputation. I think cops who are assigned to patrol revolucion see that as there little hot spot to jack people up away from all the eyes on revolucion. From what I have been seeing and hearing it is usually a team of 3 cops, 2 men doing the frisking and a female acting as a lookout. I did hear of a fellow monger recently losing around $800 to these thieves. Another area to avoid would be primera between constituton and nino heros.

[Baxter Slade]

I have not seen police stop anyone there recently.

Yes that little area between the arch and the side of hotel nelson has a reputation. I think cops who are assigned to patrol revolucion see that as there little hot spot to jack people up away from all the eyes on revolucion. From what I have been seeing and hearing it is usually a team of 3 cops, 2 men doing the frisking and a female acting as a lookout. I did hear of a fellow monger recently losing around $800 to these thieves. Another area to avoid would be primera between constituton and nino heros.

[Hargow20]

I agree, I was in Uber last year and the cops stopped the Uber to search me last year around 1 am. If he was drunk then he would have been a target for the police to stop as well.

Yeah it ebbs and flows but that's the area where I've most consistently seen gringos arms out getting searched including myself.

[LuvMexicanas]

I have not seen police stop anyone there recently.

Yeah it ebbs and flows but that's the area where I've most consistently seen gringos arms out getting searched including myself.

[Hargow20]

I have not seen police stop anyone there recently.

Or take a path to avoid the arch because most veterans like you should know the area near Hotel Nelson is a prime spot for cops to stop people.

[Sol12]

AMLO is attacking the journalists reporting the investigation instead of the investigators. Looks like AMLO is deadly afraid of US journalists. It's a dirty blow publicizing their cell numbers.

He knows his cartel friends cannot win attacking US Dept of Justice, but they can easily murder and shut up the unarmed journalists, like happened many times in Mexico.

The US will protect its freedom of the press and will defend its citizens. If any of these journalists are harmed, perpetrators and their masters will have hell to pay.

The DOJ has already said the case was closed and didn't have plans to go against AMLO so he seemed more upset that this investigation was brought up again in the article and frustrated with the journalist.

In regards to freedom of the press I think you might want to investigate Julian Assange and how the US government has treated him.

[LuvMexicanas]

Thursday night I drank bug time because hadn't drink in 2 weeks. Drank my hotel, hk, tropical, Chicago. After Chicago. About 930 pm got harassed by polocia. Ignored the cop car at 1st bu they radioed to their amigos to get me closer to the arch. Patt3 d me down. Looked hard for drugs. Since I travel alot I won't put up with this shit and will stay away.

Or take a path to avoid the arch because most veterans like you should know the area near Hotel Nelson is a prime spot for cops to stop people.

[Captain Solo]

AMLO is attacking the journalists reporting the investigation instead of the investigators. Looks like AMLO is deadly afraid of US journalists. It's a dirty blow publicizing their cell numbers.

He knows his cartel friends cannot win attacking US Dept of Justice, but they can easily murder and shut up the unarmed journalists, like happened many times in Mexico.

The US will protect its freedom of the press and will defend its citizens. If any of these journalists are harmed, perpetrators and their masters will have hell to pay.

[Hargow20]

This may be a sign that Tijuana police might be increasing shakedowns. Much depends on how drunk you were of course.

Thursday night I drank bug time because hadn't drink in 2 weeks. Drank my hotel, hk, tropical, Chicago. After Chicago. About 930 pm got harassed by polocia. Ignored the cop car at 1st bu they radioed to their amigos to get me closer to the arch. Patt3 d me down. Looked hard for drugs. Since I travel alot I won't put up with this shit and will stay away.

[Sol12]

I wouldn't jump to conclusions so fast, AMLO is going to be out of office later this year so it does raise some red flags that this is being brought up when Biden is looking for re election and needs AMLO to help with the border problem.

One of the weirdest things is that AMLO did a press conference against this article and gave the personal cell phone number of the journalist putting their life in danger with the high number of journalists killed by the cartels.

[Dogers69]

Thursday night I drank bug time because hadn't drink in 2 weeks. Drank my hotel, hk, tropical, Chicago. After Chicago. About 930 pm got harassed by polocia. Ignored the cop car at 1st bu they radioed to their amigos to get me closer to the arch. Patt3 d me down. Looked hard for drugs. Since I travel alot I won't put up with this shit and will stay away.

[Baxter Slade]

Has anyone made the walk from the Ped East border crossing to Pueblo Amigo Hotel & Casino?

Is it safe in both no possible thugs or having to cross busy roads?

I make that walk almost every weekend twice. On the way in first stop the caliente casino next to pueblo amigo. And on the end of the weekend last stop caliente and then walk to ped east.

Not sure if it matters but usually its daytime and I'm just an elderly gringo.

[Hargow20]

That area is safe walk. To ped East & back.

Has anyone made the walk from the Ped East border crossing to Pueblo Amigo Hotel & Casino?

Is it safe in both no possible thugs or having to cross busy roads?

[Rainman306]

Has anyone made the walk from the Ped East border crossing to Pueblo Amigo Hotel & Casino?

Is it safe in both no possible thugs or having to cross busy roads?