Latest Local & National COVID-19 & Drug War Stats For May 13, 2020: All Numbers Are On The Rise

Just a bit before noon today, Zeta reported the latest local COVID-19 stats - and believe me, it becomes grueling doing the numbers daily, it just weighs heavy on your heart - so send Zeta a thank you note:


  ~ All reports From Zeta:

BC Rompe Record de Nuevos Casos Positivos en 24 Horas, Fueron 238 
Por, Lourdes Loza Romero 


"In the last twenty-four hours, 238 new cases were confirmed by COVID-19 in Baja California, said the head of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Alonso Pérez Rico, on May 13.

The state official justified the high number at which the Secretariat Laboratory is processing the tests taken at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), so that in the following days high numbers of confirmed cases will continue to appear.

To date in Baja California there are 2 thousand 762 confirmed cases, of which thousand 359 are from Tijuana, thousand 93 from Mexicali, 127 Ensenada, 124 Tecate, 41 Rosarito and 18 the region of San Quintín-Vicente Guerrero. 

 Of the total, 264 cases are active and of these 12 percent are hospitalized.
There are 669 suspected cases, 337 in Tijuana, 264 in Mexicali, 42 in Tecate, 16 Ensenada, 8 in Rosarito and one more in the San Quintín - Vicente Guerrero region.

As of this Wednesday, 459 deaths have been registered from this new virus, 311 in Tijuana, 107 in Mexicali, 18 Ensenada, 18 Tecate, 4 Rosarito, and one more in the San Quintín - Vicente Guerrero region.

Regarding the "New Normality", Pérez Rico reported that, like the rest of the country, in Baja California the reopening "will be gradual, orderly and cautious", divided into three phases.

The first phase, next May 18, will be for the municipalities of "Esperanza" where no coronavirus cases were registered. The second phase, which is the preparation phase, will be from May 18 to 31. The third phase will be from June 1.

Phase 2, which will be the preparation phase, is in which non-essential companies will have to apply four actions in order to resume their work: 

1.- Preparation of health protocols.
2.- Staff training.
3.- Readjustment of spaces.
4.- Installation of intake and sanitation filters.

He commented that these actions should be permanent, since until there is a vaccine against the new virus, you should not let your guard down.

Pérez Rico also explained that a traffic light will be applied to resume activities, and until this is placed in the green, school activities in person cannot be resumed."

~~~~~

Confirma Secretario de Salud Deceso de Medico Jubilado Diagnosticado con COVID-19
Por, Isabel Mercado 


"In Baja California, the death of the first doctor due to coronavirus was confirmed, but it is a retired doctor, informed the entity's secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, who specified that more than 160 health workers in the state have tested positive to COVID-19.

"There is a person of medical profession registered as a deceased, we are trying to identify from which institution, he is a retired doctor," he added without specifying the place where the doctor died.
He explained that in Tijuana there was a record of the death of a doctor, a death that "is not related to COVID," he said.

Regarding the number of coronavirus infections registered in health workers, he said that the latest reports show that they have been affected by the pathogen “over 80 nurses and a similar number of doctors, some of them already recovered and others entering In this same premise, where they were asked to take shelter at home due to the policies of the Mexican Social Security Institute, and right now we are going to do the laboratory studies and give them the results. ”

Regarding the disapproval that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) gave to the decree approved by the previous legislature of the State Congress, to extend the term of government of Jaime Bonilla Valdez from 2 to 5 years, Pérez Rico maintained that " the reduction of the government does not affect the health system ”.

However, he admitted that there were five-year projections, so "in the sense that the project was for five years, the long-term plans will continue like this", waiting for the next state government to follow up on them .

And he added, "...the good programs that were before we entered continued, in a specific case is the rickettsiosis program, those that were not correct, or were not giving results, were replaced by something new and that is the health issue, they value results ”.

~~~~~

 ~ From Yesterday 05/12/20: Ensenada Conditions:

 Brote de seis Empleados Positivos por COVID-19 en Centro de Salud de Ensenada

Por, Marcos A. Angulo Alvarez 

Health personnel with respiratory symptoms were sent home for isolation at home to prevent the spread of this condition. There is none hospitalized

ENSENADA - An outbreak of six positive cases by COVID-19 was detected among employees of the Advanced Center for Primary Health Care (CAAPS) Ruiz and 14 of Ensenada, confirmed this afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, the head of the Health Services Jurisdiction in Ensenada, Ángel Iván Alvarado López.

He explained that on May 8, an outbreak of COVID-19 by SARS COV-2 was identified in six health employees who work in CAAPS Ruiz and 14, who were characterized by presenting headaches, coughs and fever, among other symptoms.

For this reason, he explained, it was necessary to carry out an intentional search for suspicious cases, with the following results:

100% of the health personnel were considered, with acute respiratory symptoms that had the contact history of confirmed cases and respiratory symptoms, taking a total of 48 samples.

Alvarado López indicated that containment actions were carried out immediately, all areas of the unit were sanitized, and health personnel with respiratory symptoms were sent home for isolation at home and thus prevent the spread of this condition.

He mentioned that according to the classification issued by the “Standardized Guidelines for Epidemiological and Laboratory Surveillance of COVID 19”, the clinical picture of the health personnel who manifested any symptoms is slight. Of these, 44.1% of these workers stated that they were asymptomatic, with 13% of them being sampled.

The state official reported that the staff who tested positive, there are none hospitalized, are at home and monitored by the jurisdictional epidemiology area.

He indicated that CAAPS Ruiz and 14, CAAPS Maneadero, General Hospital and the Fever Clinics (Centro de Salud Obrera and Centro de Salud Pórticos del Mar), as well as, the jurisdictional offices, are constantly sanitized by Vector Program personnel, safeguarding the patient and staff health."

The Nation Wide Levels....(Reported at 5:32 this afternoon)

Suman 4 Mil 220 Defunciones de COVID-19 en Mexico
Por, Carlos Alvarez

"Since last February 28 when the first outbreak occurred, until this Wednesday, May 13 (day 52 of the National Day of Healthy Distance), in Mexico there are 40 thousand 186 accumulated confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID- 19), as well as 24 thousand 856 suspects; 83 thousand 455 negatives; 9,378 confirmed assets; and 4,220 deaths, out of a total of 148,497 people studied.

As for the confirmed cases accumulated by federal state of residence, first there is Mexico City, with 10 thousand 946; followed by the State of Mexico, with 6,813; Baja California, with 2,764; Tabasco, with 1,976; and Sinaloa, with a thousand 620.

Of the confirmed cases active by federal state of residence, in the first place is Mexico City, with 2,240; followed by the State of Mexico, 1,244; Tabasco, with 557; Veracruz, with 514; Baja California, with 430; Yucatan, 278; Morelos, with 276; Puebla, with 266; Nuevo León, with 262; and, Sinaloa, with 256.

As reported by José Luis Alomía Zegarra, general director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (SSa) of the Federal Government, 31.5 is the national incidence rate of accumulated confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while 7.33 is the national incidence rate of active cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

As for deaths, there are 318 “suspects”. In addition to there are 1,862 new cases confirmed in 24 hours, which represents a 4.9 percent increase from the previous day, according to the federal official, during the daily follow-up conference regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico.

Regarding hospital occupation in Phase 3 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) in Mexico, it is at 34 percent of its capacity nationwide. The federal official presented the IRAC (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) network, which has defined, so far, 723 hospitals.

Since the entry of Phase 3, the 32 state governments have to report to said national platform the local information, which the Federal Government integrates, analyzes and exposes it daily. However, as detailed by Alomía Zegarra, so far, there are only 699 registered health units (97 percent) with their daily situation.

On the other hand, he noted that there are 15,086 COVID beds available nationwide, of which 7,924 (34 percent) are occupied. Among the beds are the intensive care beds, where people with mechanical respiration are cared for.

By federal entity, Baja California has 55 percent of occupied beds and 45 percent available, while in Sinaloa it has 40 percent occupied and 60 percent available, according to the director general of Epidemiology of the Federal Ministry of Health.

On the other hand there are the beds that have a ventilator, to serve critically ill people. Of these, in Baja California there are 38 percent occupied and 62 percent occupied available, while in Sinaloa there are 60 percent occupied beds and 40 percent available."

~~~~~

Local Drug War Stats: TIJ This Month Alone = 75 Deaths

Parece que se Levanton Los Animos a Los Delincuentes y estan Dandose Vuelo": Bonilla, Tras Reportan 12 Homicidios en BC

"For the second consecutive day, Baja California experienced a violent day. In the last 48 hours in the entity there have been 25 murders, for which Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez declared in his morning videoconference on May 13: “We continue with the fight to lower the homicide rate, but with all this contingency (COVID19), it seems that the spirits of criminals have risen and they have been flying. ”

Between the morning of Tuesday, May 12 and the first minutes of this day, 12 executions were dated in the state, 10 of them in Tijuana and two in Playas de Rosarito.

The number of intentional homicides in Baja California, according to statistics from the State Security and Investigation Guard, amounts to 997 victims so far in 2020.

The GESI reported that, among the latest events recorded in Tijuana, the following stand out:

First, at 08:25 a.m. on Monday, in a vacant lot located on Calle 1, corner with Calle Las Fuentes, in front of the Guillermo González Camarena Primary School, in the Cañadas del Florido neighborhood, a body was found that was covered in rubble.

In the afternoon, around 1:40 p.m. in the area of ​​the hill on Calle San Ignacio and Germán Warner, Colonia Santa Cruz, the body of a male was found with a head injury.

A corpse of the male sex, so far unidentified, was found in Camino Arroyo de Las Palmas, in front of a sandbank in the Valle de las Palmas neighborhood.

Two charred bodies and human remains were reported in a neighborhood stream, Calle Prolongación 18 de Marzo, Colonia Rancho las Flores I section. At the intervention site, various fragments of wire and two pieces of tape were located in a charred area.

With firearm injuries to the chest and face, the body of a woman identified as Rocío Hernández, 37, was found. When she was assaulted, the victim was aboard a gray Honda Accord vehicle with California license plates. Two 9mm caliber bushings were found at the site.

A male, was killed when he was on the Defensores de Baja California road in front of # 840A, Colonia Burócrata Ruiz Cortines

The charred and handcuffed body of a woman was located in Calle Suárez # 1215 Colonia Las Torres, lower part.

At the Red Cross facilities, the young Alfredo Ayón Chávez, 22, died, who was shot at the chest, abdomen and back in the Sánchez Taboada neighborhood.

At 20 minutes from this Wednesday, May 13, on Constitución Avenue in front of number 378, Colonia Zona Centro, the lifeless body of a male was found inside a blue tambo.

In Tijuana, so far in May, there have been 75 homicides, and during the year there were 736 victims."

~~~~~

Okay, AMLO has sent the Army/National Guard back on the streets, I'll be back with that one.

Take care everyone.

 

Latest Local & National COVID-19 & Drug War Stats For May 13, 2020: All Numbers Are On The Rise

Just a bit before noon today, Zeta reported the latest local COVID-19 stats - and believe me, it becomes grueling doing the numbers daily, it just weighs heavy on your heart - so send Zeta a thank you note:


  ~ All reports From Zeta:

BC Rompe Record de Nuevos Casos Positivos en 24 Horas, Fueron 238 
Por, Lourdes Loza Romero 


"In the last twenty-four hours, 238 new cases were confirmed by COVID-19 in Baja California, said the head of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Alonso Pérez Rico, on May 13.

The state official justified the high number at which the Secretariat Laboratory is processing the tests taken at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), so that in the following days high numbers of confirmed cases will continue to appear.

To date in Baja California there are 2 thousand 762 confirmed cases, of which thousand 359 are from Tijuana, thousand 93 from Mexicali, 127 Ensenada, 124 Tecate, 41 Rosarito and 18 the region of San Quintín-Vicente Guerrero. 

 Of the total, 264 cases are active and of these 12 percent are hospitalized.
There are 669 suspected cases, 337 in Tijuana, 264 in Mexicali, 42 in Tecate, 16 Ensenada, 8 in Rosarito and one more in the San Quintín - Vicente Guerrero region.

As of this Wednesday, 459 deaths have been registered from this new virus, 311 in Tijuana, 107 in Mexicali, 18 Ensenada, 18 Tecate, 4 Rosarito, and one more in the San Quintín - Vicente Guerrero region.

Regarding the "New Normality", Pérez Rico reported that, like the rest of the country, in Baja California the reopening "will be gradual, orderly and cautious", divided into three phases.

The first phase, next May 18, will be for the municipalities of "Esperanza" where no coronavirus cases were registered. The second phase, which is the preparation phase, will be from May 18 to 31. The third phase will be from June 1.

Phase 2, which will be the preparation phase, is in which non-essential companies will have to apply four actions in order to resume their work: 

1.- Preparation of health protocols.
2.- Staff training.
3.- Readjustment of spaces.
4.- Installation of intake and sanitation filters.

He commented that these actions should be permanent, since until there is a vaccine against the new virus, you should not let your guard down.

Pérez Rico also explained that a traffic light will be applied to resume activities, and until this is placed in the green, school activities in person cannot be resumed."

~~~~~

Confirma Secretario de Salud Deceso de Medico Jubilado Diagnosticado con COVID-19
Por, Isabel Mercado 


"In Baja California, the death of the first doctor due to coronavirus was confirmed, but it is a retired doctor, informed the entity's secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, who specified that more than 160 health workers in the state have tested positive to COVID-19.

"There is a person of medical profession registered as a deceased, we are trying to identify from which institution, he is a retired doctor," he added without specifying the place where the doctor died.
He explained that in Tijuana there was a record of the death of a doctor, a death that "is not related to COVID," he said.

Regarding the number of coronavirus infections registered in health workers, he said that the latest reports show that they have been affected by the pathogen “over 80 nurses and a similar number of doctors, some of them already recovered and others entering In this same premise, where they were asked to take shelter at home due to the policies of the Mexican Social Security Institute, and right now we are going to do the laboratory studies and give them the results. ”

Regarding the disapproval that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) gave to the decree approved by the previous legislature of the State Congress, to extend the term of government of Jaime Bonilla Valdez from 2 to 5 years, Pérez Rico maintained that " the reduction of the government does not affect the health system ”.

However, he admitted that there were five-year projections, so "in the sense that the project was for five years, the long-term plans will continue like this", waiting for the next state government to follow up on them .

And he added, "...the good programs that were before we entered continued, in a specific case is the rickettsiosis program, those that were not correct, or were not giving results, were replaced by something new and that is the health issue, they value results ”.

~~~~~

 ~ From Yesterday 05/12/20: Ensenada Conditions:

 Brote de seis Empleados Positivos por COVID-19 en Centro de Salud de Ensenada

Por, Marcos A. Angulo Alvarez 

Health personnel with respiratory symptoms were sent home for isolation at home to prevent the spread of this condition. There is none hospitalized

ENSENADA - An outbreak of six positive cases by COVID-19 was detected among employees of the Advanced Center for Primary Health Care (CAAPS) Ruiz and 14 of Ensenada, confirmed this afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, the head of the Health Services Jurisdiction in Ensenada, Ángel Iván Alvarado López.

He explained that on May 8, an outbreak of COVID-19 by SARS COV-2 was identified in six health employees who work in CAAPS Ruiz and 14, who were characterized by presenting headaches, coughs and fever, among other symptoms.

For this reason, he explained, it was necessary to carry out an intentional search for suspicious cases, with the following results:

100% of the health personnel were considered, with acute respiratory symptoms that had the contact history of confirmed cases and respiratory symptoms, taking a total of 48 samples.

Alvarado López indicated that containment actions were carried out immediately, all areas of the unit were sanitized, and health personnel with respiratory symptoms were sent home for isolation at home and thus prevent the spread of this condition.

He mentioned that according to the classification issued by the “Standardized Guidelines for Epidemiological and Laboratory Surveillance of COVID 19”, the clinical picture of the health personnel who manifested any symptoms is slight. Of these, 44.1% of these workers stated that they were asymptomatic, with 13% of them being sampled.

The state official reported that the staff who tested positive, there are none hospitalized, are at home and monitored by the jurisdictional epidemiology area.

He indicated that CAAPS Ruiz and 14, CAAPS Maneadero, General Hospital and the Fever Clinics (Centro de Salud Obrera and Centro de Salud Pórticos del Mar), as well as, the jurisdictional offices, are constantly sanitized by Vector Program personnel, safeguarding the patient and staff health."

The Nation Wide Levels....(Reported at 5:32 this afternoon)

Suman 4 Mil 220 Defunciones de COVID-19 en Mexico
Por, Carlos Alvarez

"Since last February 28 when the first outbreak occurred, until this Wednesday, May 13 (day 52 of the National Day of Healthy Distance), in Mexico there are 40 thousand 186 accumulated confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID- 19), as well as 24 thousand 856 suspects; 83 thousand 455 negatives; 9,378 confirmed assets; and 4,220 deaths, out of a total of 148,497 people studied.

As for the confirmed cases accumulated by federal state of residence, first there is Mexico City, with 10 thousand 946; followed by the State of Mexico, with 6,813; Baja California, with 2,764; Tabasco, with 1,976; and Sinaloa, with a thousand 620.

Of the confirmed cases active by federal state of residence, in the first place is Mexico City, with 2,240; followed by the State of Mexico, 1,244; Tabasco, with 557; Veracruz, with 514; Baja California, with 430; Yucatan, 278; Morelos, with 276; Puebla, with 266; Nuevo León, with 262; and, Sinaloa, with 256.

As reported by José Luis Alomía Zegarra, general director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (SSa) of the Federal Government, 31.5 is the national incidence rate of accumulated confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while 7.33 is the national incidence rate of active cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

As for deaths, there are 318 “suspects”. In addition to there are 1,862 new cases confirmed in 24 hours, which represents a 4.9 percent increase from the previous day, according to the federal official, during the daily follow-up conference regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico.

Regarding hospital occupation in Phase 3 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) in Mexico, it is at 34 percent of its capacity nationwide. The federal official presented the IRAC (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) network, which has defined, so far, 723 hospitals.

Since the entry of Phase 3, the 32 state governments have to report to said national platform the local information, which the Federal Government integrates, analyzes and exposes it daily. However, as detailed by Alomía Zegarra, so far, there are only 699 registered health units (97 percent) with their daily situation.

On the other hand, he noted that there are 15,086 COVID beds available nationwide, of which 7,924 (34 percent) are occupied. Among the beds are the intensive care beds, where people with mechanical respiration are cared for.

By federal entity, Baja California has 55 percent of occupied beds and 45 percent available, while in Sinaloa it has 40 percent occupied and 60 percent available, according to the director general of Epidemiology of the Federal Ministry of Health.

On the other hand there are the beds that have a ventilator, to serve critically ill people. Of these, in Baja California there are 38 percent occupied and 62 percent occupied available, while in Sinaloa there are 60 percent occupied beds and 40 percent available."

~~~~~

Local Drug War Stats: TIJ This Month Alone = 75 Deaths

Parece que se Levanton Los Animos a Los Delincuentes y estan Dandose Vuelo": Bonilla, Tras Reportan 12 Homicidios en BC

"For the second consecutive day, Baja California experienced a violent day. In the last 48 hours in the entity there have been 25 murders, for which Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez declared in his morning videoconference on May 13: “We continue with the fight to lower the homicide rate, but with all this contingency (COVID19), it seems that the spirits of criminals have risen and they have been flying. ”

Between the morning of Tuesday, May 12 and the first minutes of this day, 12 executions were dated in the state, 10 of them in Tijuana and two in Playas de Rosarito.

The number of intentional homicides in Baja California, according to statistics from the State Security and Investigation Guard, amounts to 997 victims so far in 2020.

The GESI reported that, among the latest events recorded in Tijuana, the following stand out:

First, at 08:25 a.m. on Monday, in a vacant lot located on Calle 1, corner with Calle Las Fuentes, in front of the Guillermo González Camarena Primary School, in the Cañadas del Florido neighborhood, a body was found that was covered in rubble.

In the afternoon, around 1:40 p.m. in the area of ​​the hill on Calle San Ignacio and Germán Warner, Colonia Santa Cruz, the body of a male was found with a head injury.

A corpse of the male sex, so far unidentified, was found in Camino Arroyo de Las Palmas, in front of a sandbank in the Valle de las Palmas neighborhood.

Two charred bodies and human remains were reported in a neighborhood stream, Calle Prolongación 18 de Marzo, Colonia Rancho las Flores I section. At the intervention site, various fragments of wire and two pieces of tape were located in a charred area.

With firearm injuries to the chest and face, the body of a woman identified as Rocío Hernández, 37, was found. When she was assaulted, the victim was aboard a gray Honda Accord vehicle with California license plates. Two 9mm caliber bushings were found at the site.

A male, was killed when he was on the Defensores de Baja California road in front of # 840A, Colonia Burócrata Ruiz Cortines

The charred and handcuffed body of a woman was located in Calle Suárez # 1215 Colonia Las Torres, lower part.

At the Red Cross facilities, the young Alfredo Ayón Chávez, 22, died, who was shot at the chest, abdomen and back in the Sánchez Taboada neighborhood.

At 20 minutes from this Wednesday, May 13, on Constitución Avenue in front of number 378, Colonia Zona Centro, the lifeless body of a male was found inside a blue tambo.

In Tijuana, so far in May, there have been 75 homicides, and during the year there were 736 victims."

~~~~~

Okay, AMLO has sent the Army/National Guard back on the streets, I'll be back with that one.

Take care everyone.

 

Water Situation @ SADM|TIJ - Update: Scheduled Distribution of H20 (and rationing) In TIJ & Rosarito Beach Begins Next Monday

Hands are tied here trying to clean up after the fires, a black soot covers everything inside the house and I mean everything, also trying to get together supplies for the victims of the fires.  Meanwhile I saw this article a few days back which obviously explains the water shut down (at least in SADM) since yesterday.  I told Mike we need to get a hold of a water truck to fill the pila like in the real olden days. Our pila is about 3/4 full at this point. Looks like I can't mop the floors though. BTW, if you don't have a pila, well estas jodido.

~ From Zeta:

Tijuana Se Podria Quedar Sin Agua En Diciembre, continuaran Los Tandeos
Por, Manuel Ayala 

"Rigoberto Laborín, director of the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (Cespt), said this afternoon that there are great chances that Tijuana will run out of water in December, due to the conditions in which the administration left the institution , the lack of payments and the excessive consumption of the citizenship, reasons for which at the moment several colonies are suffering shortage.
 
After the meeting he held with municipal authorities and residents of the Verona subdivision, he explained that after a review carried out at the institution, they detected that there was “a total neglect” of the aqueduct, which was not invested “a single peso” in maintenance for the past five years.
 
To this he added that the El Carrizo dam is “at historic levels without water”, below the limits for the water purifier to reach them, in addition that the water pumps 4 and 5 are damaged and that since June it was not paid to Mexicali farmers to pump water to the city.
 
Given these circumstances and while each of them are being resolved, the official said that at the moment the only immediate solution is that “the Tijuanense be in solidarity” to use less water for a couple of months, that is, not to waste it or be excessive, otherwise the month of December Tijuana would suffer a total shortage.
 
He stressed that pump 4 has already gone through a series of revisions and repairs, so this afternoon they would be testing to see if its functionality is already in line with what is required, otherwise they will continue with the repairs.
 
The pump 5 for a year was broken and already tendered, it will be repaired at a cost of 250 thousand dollars, but they have no repair date.
 
On the water that is intended to buy from farmers is 1.1 cubic meters per second to be able to send to Tijuana the amount that the city requires, with which it intends to return a little to normal in the distribution in the various colonies, for this you have to pay a total of 18 million pesos.
 
Regarding the awareness of people to not spend too much water but only enough, he shared that it is difficult and there is not too much awareness in it, but they will continue to ask them to do so because “it is a reality that we can run out of water in December".
 
“The El Carrizo dam is lowering its capacity one meter per month… right now we have below 17 million cubic meters of capacity, being that it should be at 40 million cubic meters, and the last phase is mud, then if that does not exist awareness, and one meter is lowered per month, and we don't get the water or the repair of the pumps we have no capacity for more than two months, ”he said.
 
Meanwhile, he stressed that during the following months the colonies will continue to be undergoing tanning, therefore everything in the city will be running out of water on certain days of each week, as has been happening for a while since the bombs stopped working.
 
However, he pledged to publish daily what will be left without the service for the community to prepare."


* Well the last I heard this is November and not December.  Anyways, there it is. 

 ~ Update/edit : Here is the latest update on this situation, our water miraculously came back on around 4:45pm, so I was able to rinse off the patio and do several loads of laundry without depleting the pila; so get ready for rationing:

 ~ From Zeta: 

(VIDEO) Proximo Lunes Inicia Tandeo de Agua; Cada cuatro dias Habra Suspension Por Un Lapso Maximo de 36 Horas:CESPT
Por, Isabel Mercado 

"The scheduled distribution of water for all the colonies of Tijuana and Playas de Rosarito will begin next Monday, November 11, every four days the water supply will be suspended for a maximum period of 36 hours, provided that no contingency occurs, Rigoberto warned Laborín, director of the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (CESPT).
 
To achieve the water levels required in the water treatment plants as well as in the dams, which allows the necessary pumping to supply the population's demand, therefore, it is necessary to carry out these distributions, at least until the month of April 2020, noted the official.
 
This implies, he explained, interrupting the water supply every four days, alternately, in each of the seven districts into which the drinking water system is divided, an interruption that will take place for a period of 24 hours, leaving 12 more hours for the recovery process, which gives a maximum of 36 hours that users could run out of service.
 
All districts will restrict water supply at the same time in 20% of their colonies, which they will divide into five zones. The suspension of each area will be announced the day before, for an orderly 
distribution.

In addition to this measure, the population is required to contribute by reducing the consumption of the vital liquid by up to 50%. With the population in solidarity and these measures are adopted, by the summer of 2020 the problem of shortage will be restored, guaranteed.
 
He indicated that, as far as possible, the parastatal works to correct and renovate the infrastructure, being the repair of one of the two pumps that are not working, of five that would have to be operating.
 
In a meeting with managers and representatives of the media, held on the morning of Wednesday, November 6, the new director of the parastatal said that this water crisis is a deliberate problem that was allowed to grow during the last five years to promote construction of the desalination plant.
 
The neglect of the infrastructure mainly affected the dams in the region, whose vessels store water below their levels, with a deficit of up to 18%, a situation that has triggered a severe impact on the infrastructure of  CESPT, such as the collapse of the two pumps, he detailed.
 
Finally, the parastatal explained that the water distribution will be scheduled, so that the colonies where there will be shortages will be alerted in time in order for the population to be prepared."
 

end edit. 

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Will return with Carlos Alvarez's reports on the Le Baron Massacre  who is covering everything on Zeta and our stats.  And some interesting reports from Proceso of past violent conflicts only just a year ago between the LeBarons and the Barzonistas and the Ejidians where people were actually killed.... did not see that one at all in the USMSM.



 

Water Situation @ SADM|TIJ - Update: Scheduled Distribution of H20 (and rationing) In TIJ & Rosarito Beach Begins Next Monday

Hands are tied here trying to clean up after the fires, a black soot covers everything inside the house and I mean everything, also trying to get together supplies for the victims of the fires.  Meanwhile I saw this article a few days back which obviously explains the water shut down (at least in SADM) since yesterday.  I told Mike we need to get a hold of a water truck to fill the pila like in the real olden days. Our pila is about 3/4 full at this point. Looks like I can't mop the floors though. BTW, if you don't have a pila, well estas jodido.

~ From Zeta:

Tijuana Se Podria Quedar Sin Agua En Diciembre, continuaran Los Tandeos
Por, Manuel Ayala 

"Rigoberto Laborín, director of the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (Cespt), said this afternoon that there are great chances that Tijuana will run out of water in December, due to the conditions in which the administration left the institution , the lack of payments and the excessive consumption of the citizenship, reasons for which at the moment several colonies are suffering shortage.
 
After the meeting he held with municipal authorities and residents of the Verona subdivision, he explained that after a review carried out at the institution, they detected that there was “a total neglect” of the aqueduct, which was not invested “a single peso” in maintenance for the past five years.
 
To this he added that the El Carrizo dam is “at historic levels without water”, below the limits for the water purifier to reach them, in addition that the water pumps 4 and 5 are damaged and that since June it was not paid to Mexicali farmers to pump water to the city.
 
Given these circumstances and while each of them are being resolved, the official said that at the moment the only immediate solution is that “the Tijuanense be in solidarity” to use less water for a couple of months, that is, not to waste it or be excessive, otherwise the month of December Tijuana would suffer a total shortage.
 
He stressed that pump 4 has already gone through a series of revisions and repairs, so this afternoon they would be testing to see if its functionality is already in line with what is required, otherwise they will continue with the repairs.
 
The pump 5 for a year was broken and already tendered, it will be repaired at a cost of 250 thousand dollars, but they have no repair date.
 
On the water that is intended to buy from farmers is 1.1 cubic meters per second to be able to send to Tijuana the amount that the city requires, with which it intends to return a little to normal in the distribution in the various colonies, for this you have to pay a total of 18 million pesos.
 
Regarding the awareness of people to not spend too much water but only enough, he shared that it is difficult and there is not too much awareness in it, but they will continue to ask them to do so because “it is a reality that we can run out of water in December".
 
“The El Carrizo dam is lowering its capacity one meter per month… right now we have below 17 million cubic meters of capacity, being that it should be at 40 million cubic meters, and the last phase is mud, then if that does not exist awareness, and one meter is lowered per month, and we don't get the water or the repair of the pumps we have no capacity for more than two months, ”he said.
 
Meanwhile, he stressed that during the following months the colonies will continue to be undergoing tanning, therefore everything in the city will be running out of water on certain days of each week, as has been happening for a while since the bombs stopped working.
 
However, he pledged to publish daily what will be left without the service for the community to prepare."


* Well the last I heard this is November and not December.  Anyways, there it is. 

 ~ Update/edit : Here is the latest update on this situation, our water miraculously came back on around 4:45pm, so I was able to rinse off the patio and do several loads of laundry without depleting the pila; so get ready for rationing:

 ~ From Zeta: 

(VIDEO) Proximo Lunes Inicia Tandeo de Agua; Cada cuatro dias Habra Suspension Por Un Lapso Maximo de 36 Horas:CESPT
Por, Isabel Mercado 

"The scheduled distribution of water for all the colonies of Tijuana and Playas de Rosarito will begin next Monday, November 11, every four days the water supply will be suspended for a maximum period of 36 hours, provided that no contingency occurs, Rigoberto warned Laborín, director of the State Commission of Public Services of Tijuana (CESPT).
 
To achieve the water levels required in the water treatment plants as well as in the dams, which allows the necessary pumping to supply the population's demand, therefore, it is necessary to carry out these distributions, at least until the month of April 2020, noted the official.
 
This implies, he explained, interrupting the water supply every four days, alternately, in each of the seven districts into which the drinking water system is divided, an interruption that will take place for a period of 24 hours, leaving 12 more hours for the recovery process, which gives a maximum of 36 hours that users could run out of service.
 
All districts will restrict water supply at the same time in 20% of their colonies, which they will divide into five zones. The suspension of each area will be announced the day before, for an orderly 
distribution.

In addition to this measure, the population is required to contribute by reducing the consumption of the vital liquid by up to 50%. With the population in solidarity and these measures are adopted, by the summer of 2020 the problem of shortage will be restored, guaranteed.
 
He indicated that, as far as possible, the parastatal works to correct and renovate the infrastructure, being the repair of one of the two pumps that are not working, of five that would have to be operating.
 
In a meeting with managers and representatives of the media, held on the morning of Wednesday, November 6, the new director of the parastatal said that this water crisis is a deliberate problem that was allowed to grow during the last five years to promote construction of the desalination plant.
 
The neglect of the infrastructure mainly affected the dams in the region, whose vessels store water below their levels, with a deficit of up to 18%, a situation that has triggered a severe impact on the infrastructure of  CESPT, such as the collapse of the two pumps, he detailed.
 
Finally, the parastatal explained that the water distribution will be scheduled, so that the colonies where there will be shortages will be alerted in time in order for the population to be prepared."
 

end edit. 

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Will return with Carlos Alvarez's reports on the Le Baron Massacre  who is covering everything on Zeta and our stats.  And some interesting reports from Proceso of past violent conflicts only just a year ago between the LeBarons and the Barzonistas and the Ejidians where people were actually killed.... did not see that one at all in the USMSM.



 

Record Numbers For 'Homicidios Dolosos' in Tijuana No Matter Whose Numbers You Are Looking At - ZETA: July Ends in TIJ With 141 Executions;YTD as of 07/30/17 in TIJ stands at 908 ! UPDATE: YTD as of 07/31/17 in TIJ stands at 914 - Citizens Organize In Respose To High Crime in Ensenada and Mexicali

Poor Baby

One of the reasons I haven't been around is Paris.  Poor little thing came down with an awful attack of seasonal allergies.  So after several gentle baths she is now on apoquil, which they tell me has no side effects and can be stopped at any time. It seems to be working. I am also working on her jumping, which has to stop before her leg surgery. Speaking of surgery, I missed one of my scheduled skin surgeries because we were pulled over to secondaria... behind a woman who had bottles of booze and boxes of candy in her vehicle.  Assuming they were looking for meth or precursor chemicals, but it took forever (apparently they did not make her drink from the bottles). So now I have several appointments crammed into the last two weeks of this month.


They say it is supposed to rain today and it might break this sticky heat, but I doubt it will wash the blood off the streets of Tijuana.  No matter whose figures you look at, the numbers of "homicidios dolosos" (executions) put the city of Tijuana at an all time record breaking historical high.  All of the Municipalities homidios doloso numbers are up, Rosarito Beach is a disaster as is Ensenada.  We'll come back to look at how people are trying to protect themselves from Ensenada where neighborhoods are blocking off access to their streets at night without official permission to Mexicali where the Grupo Autodefensas are re-organizing, to people avoiding Rosarito Beach after two incidents within a little over a week of each other of public shootings in bars in the Rosarito Beach Tourist Zone and several dumped bodies along the wayside, and just nine days ago Rosario Mosso Castro of Zeta wrote that the violent conditions are worse than in 2008....when as you recall no one felt safe. I almost forgot to add that despite there being no market for real estate two new houses are in the process of being built in our neighborhood.  One of my Mexican neighbors said: "Well, someone is in the laundromat business."  I pretended as if I thought he was joking, and I did not want him to elaborate.


Here are two reports, I'll be adding more:

Zeta reports as of 07/31/2017 the month of July ended with 141 executions in Tijuana with a year to date total until 07/30/2017 in Tijuana alone at 908 assassinations:

Zeta - 07/31/17 12:22pm

Tijuana Registra 13 Asesinatos En Fin De Semana


Frontera  - 08/02/17  7:41 am (The picture you see is the  TIJ Municipal Police officer shot and killed in front of his home a couple days back, there has been an arrest in this case.)

Supera Tijuana Cifra Record de Homicidios
por, Luis Gerardo Andrade


UPDATE/edit:  Zeta updates the figures to 141 executions during the month of July in Tijuana, then
YTD total 01/01/17 - 07/31/17 in Tijuana at 914 executions.  As you can see, August is already off to six:

Zeta

Inicia Agosto Con Seis Muertos


You can go here to compare the yearly numbers, note July 2017 totals are not published yet:

Secretaria de Seguridad Publica Del Estado De Baja California

end edit.


 More Reports:


 

Courtesy Zeta 

"Entre el 1 de enero y el 26 de julio de 2017, el reacomodo de narcotraficantes ha cobrado mil 137 vidas en homicidios violentos en Baja California:


* 844 en Tijuana.

* 92 en Ensenada.

* 90 en Mexicali.

* 48 en Rosarito.

* 23 en Tecate.


En Tijuana, según el subprocurador de Investigaciones Especiales, José María González, se han detenido a 90 homicidas, que si se tratara de un sicario por víctima, significaría una resolución del 10.18 por ciento de los casos, 1 de cada 10."


The following report from Zeta dated 07/31/17 breaks down the homicidios dolosos in the Municipalities from the beginning of the year until 07/26/17, so the numbers are less but you can get a fair idea of the substantial violence throughout Baja California.  Not included are the woundings of people, men dressed as both Municipal Police and PEPos (in both cases these men were arrested but still...) robberies, extortions or kidnappings.


 Importantly Zeta describes the FIVE CARTEL CELLS which have converged in Tijuana to control the drugs, and the high ranking capos in charge.  Maps are included showing the killings in Tijuana and present territories of the cartels in Tijuana as of 07/26/17.

 Zeta - 07/31/17

Rutas  y Capos De La Droga


***************



More Reports: Rosarito Beach


Since the reported YTD numbers by Zeta, I am counting as of 08/04/17 four more homicidios dolosos in Rosarito Beach.


 Francisco Garcia Burgess Presidente of the Fundacion Educando Conseguimos Paz, A.C. recently reported that based on population where the average number of murders is measured by the number of inhabitants, Rosarito Beach has 500% more homicides than the national average or a higher incidence in high impact crimes based on homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.  He blames the Justice system where from 2016 to present there are 89% of homicides with no detainee.  Or, only 11% of homicides committed have a detainee.  Or, there is only a 10% chance that a person would be caught if they killed someone.  The recommendations:  that all three levels of government devote more resources to training police officers, an increase in the number of police officers and improved equipment.

Zeta  - 07/24/17

Rosarito, con Major Incidencia en Homicidios
por, Isabel Mercado


***************


 More Reports:  Mexicali Autodefensas are re-grouping & In Ensenada another form of Autodefensas, they are blocking their streets:



Zeta - 07/24/17

Despues de la impunidad, la autodefensa


Zeta -  07/24/17

Ante el crimen, vecinos blindan colonias
por, Lorena Lamas

Paste Translation:

"Due to insecurity, citizens have taken action in the suburbs, either blocking streets or introducing closed-circuit systems to protect their heritage without the consent of municipal authorities; Do not seem to care about routine patrols or private security

 
After the rebound in crime statistics in the municipality, each family of the Villa Bonita fractionation contributed 700 pesos to buy high-tech security equipment, especially since they feel more vulnerable than ever to the provisions of the New Criminal Justice System (NSJP) .

 
Without giving notice to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, cells have been created inside the colonies to autodefend itself, acquiring video surveillance cameras, installing automated doors and road signs.

 
When asked to neighbors of the place on the program "Citizen Network for the Security", implemented by the Mayor Marco Novelo Osuna to lower the criminal indexes, all said they did not know it.

 
The initiative to close streets in Ensenada is of the settlers, who distrust of the police efficiency, reason why they have chosen to shield their colonies to the degree that the agents have restricted the access in certain schedule.

 
In the Modern, Modern West and San Marino colonies, they also cooperated to buy chains, steel anchors and road signs such as "Alto", "Do not pass", "Neighbors watching". And at night, in an organized way they seal the colony with padlocks.

 
Neighbors from different settlements agree with the businessmen, who say that agents do not reach the 911 or 089 calls for help and feed false alarm statistics.

 
And, as Fernanda said, a resident of San Marino who has been a victim of crime on several occasions, "one of the problems was that they never arrived (Police) when we called them, spent up to half an hour without being attended to and the Stalwarts by that time had already gone, or they stop them, but the next day they are already free and they rob us again. The truth is not necessary, better here we take care of ourselves, "he said.

Adopt great suburban crafts

 
This type of security systems that were only seen in luxury subdivisions like Cíbolas, Chapultepec or Colinas del Sauzal, now begins to be common in other places.
 

Photos: Enrique Botello.- Closing streets for insecurity.

 

For those who live in Vista Hermosa, a fraction of social interest in the southeast of the city, it is preferable to pay for security cameras and automation of iron doors.
Two months after work began on the walls, they have not registered a single robbery inside their homes.

 
They are not interested in patrolling in their areas and have not consulted the corporation in charge of Emilio Camarena Castillo.

 
"For the safety and tranquility of our homes, we have to work," is the motto used by the residents of the private Villa Bonita, where most of the inhabitants are people who work.
Surveillance with security guards is no longer an alternative, as they do not trust private security companies.

 
"We trust in one (guard), but when it rests, who will supply it? No no! We better put equipment in to prevent them from stealing us, "said Ignacio Muñoz, one of the many neighborhood representatives at Vista Hermosa.

 
The cost of installing a security system for 40 families is 300 pesos each plus maintenance. Those wishing to have a remote control pay an extra 400 pesos, otherwise, they use the door using a key. Each house can request the number of controls you want.

 
Even with this control, neighbors have decided that the password will be changed periodically to avoid filtering among other people outside the community.
"What we want is to sleep in peace," argued one resident.

 
The representative of the private Bahía de la Paz, Ignacio Muñoz, commented that long ago began with the plan to restrict access, but until two months ago they joined to bring the money.
"Before people walked past unknown people, knocked on the door or were looking for things in the garbage, that is now over," said the citizen, while acknowledging that he feels more relaxed in his home.

 
They do not manage bonanza, but scarcity

 
The coordinator of the Transit and Transport Security Commission, Iván Duarte Córdova, lamented that Public Safety is an institution that has been overtaken to provide the service for what was designed, "that's why it praises the way communities organize to face the Insecurity, "he said.
For the mayor, the corporation in Ensenada suffers the natural clash of a government in crisis.
"We started to have a strategic thinking of 'we have a little bit, what we do with that', and it is that they have been so much waste, ineptitude and corruption, where the inept - the one who does not know - like the evil one, are just as dangerous," he criticized .

 
For some years, governments have been looking for ways to "kick" the debt, resulting in outdated institutions in which the budget is not enough for security, education and sport.
He added that the Director of Security, Emilio Camarena, accumulated calls to appear in the full Town Council, because he wants to know the actions carried out by the management in matters of criminal "daily" crime, which is increasing and, although it is Robberies on a smaller scale, inhibit the sense of peace among the inhabitants.

 
"Do not lose sight of the fact that insecurity is a sensation, violent crimes can happen, but it is up to the city and the authorities that the inhabitants feel calm," Duarte said.
Another factor is the presentation of a security plan for the municipality, which is an obligation on the part of the director of Municipal Public Security and the mayor, however, seven months after he started his administration, Marco Novelo has not shown anything.

 
"It's not about having more Police, nor an agent in every corner, much less a complete army for us, but to know strategically where we are going to place them and at what hours," he added.

 
The statistics

 
Low- and high-impact crime in Ensenada has reached historic numbers, mainly in homicides (85 people killed by June 20).

 

Ignacio Muñoz, representative of 40 neighbors in private Bay of La Paz.

 

In recent days, the City of Ensenada has launched a citizen network or proximity police program, which seeks to reduce the incidence of crime through neighborhood committees in 500 colonies.
The statistics of the Public Safety Citizen's Council of Baja California, shows until May that a thousand 091 vehicles have been stolen in 2017, that is, 411 more compared to the first five months of 2016.

 
In relation to homicides, the increase in the same month, but of 2014, was of only 21 murders; The same date of 2015, totaled 24; In 2016 also 24; And in 2017 it tripled, with 69 violent deaths. Until the end of July, it surpasses 90 murders.

 
The thefts in house room lowered of thousand 025 that were denounced until May of 2016, to 731 so far this year; However, the feeling of insecurity in this type of robbery remains. In trade, it increased from 228 to 309 thefts compared to last year.

 
Juan Manuel Hernández Niebla, president of the Public Security Citizen Council, cited governments in the United States, where, despite the mayor in charge, police chiefs and prosecutors are not dismissed by each government.

 
In his opinion, security has to be citizenship with a long-term sustainable plan of policies, where it is not the mayors or the governments who solve the problem every period.

 
"Yes, there in the United States governors come, governors go, and why the Baja Californians can not bet on a model of sustainability in the long term; The only way we are going to achieve it is by citizenisation of security, "said the public safety officer in Baja California.

 
In conclusion, he considered that the fact that citizens take charge of security in the colonies is an advantage, as long as the authority solves a criminal problem."

***************


As you can see, everyone seems to be looking over their shoulders and for good reasons.

I cannot stand this weather and like many other gringos and Mexicans alike here, we just want to leave because nothing seems to be improving and there is really nothing living here as Americans that we can do about it.  Further, I don't believe Americans generally speaking are even paying attention to the conditions in Mexico and they should be. The USA is literally falling apart at the seams (more on this next blog), Ireland sounds good ...  right, keep dreamin.  I'll be back with more Manic Maniac Trump reports in between giving Paris her baths, etc.

Meanwhile, you know where to go....

The Intercept


Democracy Now ! 

More on the sidebar.....

Record Numbers For 'Homicidios Dolosos' in Tijuana No Matter Whose Numbers You Are Looking At - ZETA: July Ends in TIJ With 141 Executions;YTD as of 07/30/17 in TIJ stands at 908 ! UPDATE: YTD as of 07/31/17 in TIJ stands at 914 - Citizens Organize In Respose To High Crime in Ensenada and Mexicali

Poor Baby

One of the reasons I haven't been around is Paris.  Poor little thing came down with an awful attack of seasonal allergies.  So after several gentle baths she is now on apoquil, which they tell me has no side effects and can be stopped at any time. It seems to be working. I am also working on her jumping, which has to stop before her leg surgery. Speaking of surgery, I missed one of my scheduled skin surgeries because we were pulled over to secondaria... behind a woman who had bottles of booze and boxes of candy in her vehicle.  Assuming they were looking for meth or precursor chemicals, but it took forever (apparently they did not make her drink from the bottles). So now I have several appointments crammed into the last two weeks of this month.


They say it is supposed to rain today and it might break this sticky heat, but I doubt it will wash the blood off the streets of Tijuana.  No matter whose figures you look at, the numbers of "homicidios dolosos" (executions) put the city of Tijuana at an all time record breaking historical high.  All of the Municipalities homidios doloso numbers are up, Rosarito Beach is a disaster as is Ensenada.  We'll come back to look at how people are trying to protect themselves from Ensenada where neighborhoods are blocking off access to their streets at night without official permission to Mexicali where the Grupo Autodefensas are re-organizing, to people avoiding Rosarito Beach after two incidents within a little over a week of each other of public shootings in bars in the Rosarito Beach Tourist Zone and several dumped bodies along the wayside, and just nine days ago Rosario Mosso Castro of Zeta wrote that the violent conditions are worse than in 2008....when as you recall no one felt safe. I almost forgot to add that despite there being no market for real estate two new houses are in the process of being built in our neighborhood.  One of my Mexican neighbors said: "Well, someone is in the laundromat business."  I pretended as if I thought he was joking, and I did not want him to elaborate.


Here are two reports, I'll be adding more:

Zeta reports as of 07/31/2017 the month of July ended with 141 executions in Tijuana with a year to date total until 07/30/2017 in Tijuana alone at 908 assassinations:

Zeta - 07/31/17 12:22pm

Tijuana Registra 13 Asesinatos En Fin De Semana


Frontera  - 08/02/17  7:41 am (The picture you see is the  TIJ Municipal Police officer shot and killed in front of his home a couple days back, there has been an arrest in this case.)

Supera Tijuana Cifra Record de Homicidios
por, Luis Gerardo Andrade


UPDATE/edit:  Zeta updates the figures to 141 executions during the month of July in Tijuana, then
YTD total 01/01/17 - 07/31/17 in Tijuana at 914 executions.  As you can see, August is already off to six:

Zeta

Inicia Agosto Con Seis Muertos


You can go here to compare the yearly numbers, note July 2017 totals are not published yet:

Secretaria de Seguridad Publica Del Estado De Baja California

end edit.


 More Reports:


 

Courtesy Zeta 

"Entre el 1 de enero y el 26 de julio de 2017, el reacomodo de narcotraficantes ha cobrado mil 137 vidas en homicidios violentos en Baja California:


* 844 en Tijuana.

* 92 en Ensenada.

* 90 en Mexicali.

* 48 en Rosarito.

* 23 en Tecate.


En Tijuana, según el subprocurador de Investigaciones Especiales, José María González, se han detenido a 90 homicidas, que si se tratara de un sicario por víctima, significaría una resolución del 10.18 por ciento de los casos, 1 de cada 10."


The following report from Zeta dated 07/31/17 breaks down the homicidios dolosos in the Municipalities from the beginning of the year until 07/26/17, so the numbers are less but you can get a fair idea of the substantial violence throughout Baja California.  Not included are the woundings of people, men dressed as both Municipal Police and PEPos (in both cases these men were arrested but still...) robberies, extortions or kidnappings.


 Importantly Zeta describes the FIVE CARTEL CELLS which have converged in Tijuana to control the drugs, and the high ranking capos in charge.  Maps are included showing the killings in Tijuana and present territories of the cartels in Tijuana as of 07/26/17.

 Zeta - 07/31/17

Rutas  y Capos De La Droga


***************



More Reports: Rosarito Beach


Since the reported YTD numbers by Zeta, I am counting as of 08/04/17 four more homicidios dolosos in Rosarito Beach.


 Francisco Garcia Burgess Presidente of the Fundacion Educando Conseguimos Paz, A.C. recently reported that based on population where the average number of murders is measured by the number of inhabitants, Rosarito Beach has 500% more homicides than the national average or a higher incidence in high impact crimes based on homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.  He blames the Justice system where from 2016 to present there are 89% of homicides with no detainee.  Or, only 11% of homicides committed have a detainee.  Or, there is only a 10% chance that a person would be caught if they killed someone.  The recommendations:  that all three levels of government devote more resources to training police officers, an increase in the number of police officers and improved equipment.

Zeta  - 07/24/17

Rosarito, con Major Incidencia en Homicidios
por, Isabel Mercado


***************


 More Reports:  Mexicali Autodefensas are re-grouping & In Ensenada another form of Autodefensas, they are blocking their streets:



Zeta - 07/24/17

Despues de la impunidad, la autodefensa


Zeta -  07/24/17

Ante el crimen, vecinos blindan colonias
por, Lorena Lamas

Paste Translation:

"Due to insecurity, citizens have taken action in the suburbs, either blocking streets or introducing closed-circuit systems to protect their heritage without the consent of municipal authorities; Do not seem to care about routine patrols or private security

 
After the rebound in crime statistics in the municipality, each family of the Villa Bonita fractionation contributed 700 pesos to buy high-tech security equipment, especially since they feel more vulnerable than ever to the provisions of the New Criminal Justice System (NSJP) .

 
Without giving notice to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, cells have been created inside the colonies to autodefend itself, acquiring video surveillance cameras, installing automated doors and road signs.

 
When asked to neighbors of the place on the program "Citizen Network for the Security", implemented by the Mayor Marco Novelo Osuna to lower the criminal indexes, all said they did not know it.

 
The initiative to close streets in Ensenada is of the settlers, who distrust of the police efficiency, reason why they have chosen to shield their colonies to the degree that the agents have restricted the access in certain schedule.

 
In the Modern, Modern West and San Marino colonies, they also cooperated to buy chains, steel anchors and road signs such as "Alto", "Do not pass", "Neighbors watching". And at night, in an organized way they seal the colony with padlocks.

 
Neighbors from different settlements agree with the businessmen, who say that agents do not reach the 911 or 089 calls for help and feed false alarm statistics.

 
And, as Fernanda said, a resident of San Marino who has been a victim of crime on several occasions, "one of the problems was that they never arrived (Police) when we called them, spent up to half an hour without being attended to and the Stalwarts by that time had already gone, or they stop them, but the next day they are already free and they rob us again. The truth is not necessary, better here we take care of ourselves, "he said.

Adopt great suburban crafts

 
This type of security systems that were only seen in luxury subdivisions like Cíbolas, Chapultepec or Colinas del Sauzal, now begins to be common in other places.
 

Photos: Enrique Botello.- Closing streets for insecurity.

 

For those who live in Vista Hermosa, a fraction of social interest in the southeast of the city, it is preferable to pay for security cameras and automation of iron doors.
Two months after work began on the walls, they have not registered a single robbery inside their homes.

 
They are not interested in patrolling in their areas and have not consulted the corporation in charge of Emilio Camarena Castillo.

 
"For the safety and tranquility of our homes, we have to work," is the motto used by the residents of the private Villa Bonita, where most of the inhabitants are people who work.
Surveillance with security guards is no longer an alternative, as they do not trust private security companies.

 
"We trust in one (guard), but when it rests, who will supply it? No no! We better put equipment in to prevent them from stealing us, "said Ignacio Muñoz, one of the many neighborhood representatives at Vista Hermosa.

 
The cost of installing a security system for 40 families is 300 pesos each plus maintenance. Those wishing to have a remote control pay an extra 400 pesos, otherwise, they use the door using a key. Each house can request the number of controls you want.

 
Even with this control, neighbors have decided that the password will be changed periodically to avoid filtering among other people outside the community.
"What we want is to sleep in peace," argued one resident.

 
The representative of the private Bahía de la Paz, Ignacio Muñoz, commented that long ago began with the plan to restrict access, but until two months ago they joined to bring the money.
"Before people walked past unknown people, knocked on the door or were looking for things in the garbage, that is now over," said the citizen, while acknowledging that he feels more relaxed in his home.

 
They do not manage bonanza, but scarcity

 
The coordinator of the Transit and Transport Security Commission, Iván Duarte Córdova, lamented that Public Safety is an institution that has been overtaken to provide the service for what was designed, "that's why it praises the way communities organize to face the Insecurity, "he said.
For the mayor, the corporation in Ensenada suffers the natural clash of a government in crisis.
"We started to have a strategic thinking of 'we have a little bit, what we do with that', and it is that they have been so much waste, ineptitude and corruption, where the inept - the one who does not know - like the evil one, are just as dangerous," he criticized .

 
For some years, governments have been looking for ways to "kick" the debt, resulting in outdated institutions in which the budget is not enough for security, education and sport.
He added that the Director of Security, Emilio Camarena, accumulated calls to appear in the full Town Council, because he wants to know the actions carried out by the management in matters of criminal "daily" crime, which is increasing and, although it is Robberies on a smaller scale, inhibit the sense of peace among the inhabitants.

 
"Do not lose sight of the fact that insecurity is a sensation, violent crimes can happen, but it is up to the city and the authorities that the inhabitants feel calm," Duarte said.
Another factor is the presentation of a security plan for the municipality, which is an obligation on the part of the director of Municipal Public Security and the mayor, however, seven months after he started his administration, Marco Novelo has not shown anything.

 
"It's not about having more Police, nor an agent in every corner, much less a complete army for us, but to know strategically where we are going to place them and at what hours," he added.

 
The statistics

 
Low- and high-impact crime in Ensenada has reached historic numbers, mainly in homicides (85 people killed by June 20).

 

Ignacio Muñoz, representative of 40 neighbors in private Bay of La Paz.

 

In recent days, the City of Ensenada has launched a citizen network or proximity police program, which seeks to reduce the incidence of crime through neighborhood committees in 500 colonies.
The statistics of the Public Safety Citizen's Council of Baja California, shows until May that a thousand 091 vehicles have been stolen in 2017, that is, 411 more compared to the first five months of 2016.

 
In relation to homicides, the increase in the same month, but of 2014, was of only 21 murders; The same date of 2015, totaled 24; In 2016 also 24; And in 2017 it tripled, with 69 violent deaths. Until the end of July, it surpasses 90 murders.

 
The thefts in house room lowered of thousand 025 that were denounced until May of 2016, to 731 so far this year; However, the feeling of insecurity in this type of robbery remains. In trade, it increased from 228 to 309 thefts compared to last year.

 
Juan Manuel Hernández Niebla, president of the Public Security Citizen Council, cited governments in the United States, where, despite the mayor in charge, police chiefs and prosecutors are not dismissed by each government.

 
In his opinion, security has to be citizenship with a long-term sustainable plan of policies, where it is not the mayors or the governments who solve the problem every period.

 
"Yes, there in the United States governors come, governors go, and why the Baja Californians can not bet on a model of sustainability in the long term; The only way we are going to achieve it is by citizenisation of security, "said the public safety officer in Baja California.

 
In conclusion, he considered that the fact that citizens take charge of security in the colonies is an advantage, as long as the authority solves a criminal problem."

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As you can see, everyone seems to be looking over their shoulders and for good reasons.

I cannot stand this weather and like many other gringos and Mexicans alike here, we just want to leave because nothing seems to be improving and there is really nothing living here as Americans that we can do about it.  Further, I don't believe Americans generally speaking are even paying attention to the conditions in Mexico and they should be. The USA is literally falling apart at the seams (more on this next blog), Ireland sounds good ...  right, keep dreamin.  I'll be back with more Manic Maniac Trump reports in between giving Paris her baths, etc.

Meanwhile, you know where to go....

The Intercept


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