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Ensenada industrialists express concern about insecurity after attack on surfers
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jesalgarcaMay 6, 2024
By Alejandro García/THE BAJA POST
The industrialists of Ensenada, members of the National Chamber of the Processing Industry (Canacintra), expressed their concern about the high-impact crimes, robbery of businesses, vehicles and homes registered in the first quarter of the year, since they alter the tranquility of the population and reduce the confidence of investors to launch projects.
Ragnar Gutiérrez Abarca, president of the organization, indicated that in the case of high-impact crimes such as intentional homicides, 35 occurred in the first quarter, in addition to another 6 that occurred between April and so far in May, among which the 4 bodies found in the vicinity of the Santo Tomás delegation.
Among these, he said, are the bodies of the three tourists who had been reported missing and who had allegedly been shot to death by criminals in that area.
He considered that after what happened with the surfers, coupled with the confrontation between national criminal gangs, some areas of the economy such as tourism and other business areas could be affected.
Through a press release, I stated that it was thanks to the publication of that unfortunate event that they were found with some speed, but it is not the same case as the around 7 thousand missing people reported by the different search groups that operate in the entity. that also need to be found.
«We are also concerned about shoplifting, which totaled 111 cases, 51 during March alone; to home habitation, 161; automobile, 360; and robberies with violence on public roads, 222, all in the first quarter of 2024, plus those that have been accumulating," said the leader of Canacintra in Ensenada.
Gutiérrez Abarca expressed that the concurrence of the three federal, state and municipal government powers is urgent, so that there is an effective fight against crimes and reduce the rates of impunity that prevail in almost the entire country and of which Baja California does not. It is exempt.
