José Omar Quintero Becerra takes over Puerto Vallarta’s police department after Eduardo Llanas resigned. City Hall wants more patrols.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 13, 2026 – Puerto Vallarta has named José Omar Quintero Becerra as its new police chief Thursday. Quintero Becerra was a former deputy under Eduardo Horacio Llanas Cuevas and was one of the deputies who worked under Llanas Cuevas.
The appointment came the day after the Vallarta Daily reported on Llanas’ resignation. Local reports say operations deputy Faustino Ruiz Carreño is in temporary charge, and the city is now looking for a replacement.
Llanas and Quintero both joined the department’s leadership on the same day. On Oct 1 2024, the first day of Mayor Luis Ernesto Munguía González’s administration, Llanas was appointed Chief and Quintero was sworn in as his Operations Deputy.
Quintero also had legal responsibilities in the department and worked for the Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco (the State Prosecutor’s Office). City Hall says he has 25 years of experience in public safety and the justice system.
Munguía had been calling for more community crime prevention and increased police presence in July, after a survey showed that nearly two in three adults in the city considered Vallarta unsafe. That figure had dropped to 53.6% by September, according to INEGI’s urban public safety survey. It was still more than double the 24.7% recorded a year earlier.
City Hall says it wants more officers in residential and tourist areas, as well as faster police response. The announcement made Thursday gives no start date for the additional patrols and doesn’t say which areas will get them first.
