With people watching and driving by in broad daylight on a main street in Puerto Vallarta, two men assault an elderly woman and steal her truck without any help from citizens or police.
Beyond losing her truck, the woman was also robbed of $97,000 pesos in cash, about $5,000 US dollars. The assault and carjacking was caught on security video where it is witnessed that cars continued to drive by the crime in progress, including two vehicles watching the crime unfold and leaving the scene without intervening.
The assault and robbery occurred in the parking lot of the Hyundai dealership located on Av. Francisco Medina Ascencio during business hours.
Where were the Puerto Vallarta police?
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.
