Mexico’s National Guard fills the security gap as Puerto Vallarta city council hasn’t funded local police adequately

The Puerto Vallarta City Council has failed to budget enough money for the maintenance of police units or to purchase fuel needed to keep police units on the street.

Currently, street patrolling has been reduced in Puerto Vallarta and the use of police cars is ordered only in the case of responding to emergency calls. Much of the fleet of police vehicles is over their required 10,000 km service due to a lack of funds to service police vehicles.

This isn’t the first time that the city has failed, or forgotten, about the needs of the local police who protect citizens and tourists in Puerto Vallarta. In recent days, gas supply to police vehicles was suspended due to non-payment by the city, but a payment agreement was agreed to after several days that allowed police vehicles to fuel up again.

Already, another fleet of motorcycles used by the police force in Puerto Vallarta remained parked due to a lack of funds for maintenance.

Luckily, the Federal Government of Mexico has sent large numbers of National Guard members to Puerto Vallarta to assist in security matters over the last few weeks.

With the aim of redoubling security and the violence that has become a daily occurrence in Jalisco, 300 elements of the Army and National Guard arrived in Puerto Vallarta on October 30, as part of the strategy that the government federal has undertaken in the country.

It was Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, Presidential General Staff, Carlos Humberto Cigarróa Durán, Commander of the Ninth Motorized Infantry Group, who carried out the roll call of the military personnel and national guards upon their arrival to Puerto Vallarta.

The military command explained that with this arrival, patrols will be carried out in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, as well as in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit.

The objective, also, said the commander, is to carry out socialization actions with the population so that they know more about the Army and the National Guard.

Likewise, Cigarróa Durán said, close coordination will be maintained with municipal and state authorities to ensure the success of this operation.

This is the second arrival of federal elements so far this year, in order to double the security in Puerto Vallarta. The previous one was at the end of April, after the death of an alleged leader of organized crime in Puerto Vallarta.

Street patrolling has been reduced in Puerto Vallarta and the use of police cars is ordered only in the case of responding to emergency calls . . .

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