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... Phoenix New Times News By Ray Stern Thursday, Mar 10 2011 ;
I keep hearing that Rocky point is safer than Phoenix blah blah blah, Shootings and killings in front of police, one in the hospitals with out ONE Arrest???? (not the first time) How could these killers escape town, no one had a cell phone to get their lic plates in this age of You tube? And for one killer to walk into a hospital and take 5 shots on someone in the emergency room??? It is beyond my comprehension. Looking at the multiple of machine gun fire (AK-47) the danger of a free bullet is real. The parked cars and the white 4X4 where mutilated.
Mr. Stern gives a good analysis on the subject. His staff was sent down to investigate first hand reports.
He hits the nail in the head with this statement: " Rocky Point has been a pocket of tranquility in Mexico — and exceedingly safe. For Americans, anyway."
Here are some snips;
New Times also spotted the Marines driving around town in Humvees equipped with belt-fed machine guns and stationed at the new airport near the Mayan Palace.
The nature of crime in Mexico, and especially how law enforcement responds to it, disturbs American sensibilities. Nationally, only about 2 percent of cartel suspects arrested are brought to trial, according to a State Department.
No arrests have been made in the August murder at the Malecon, the fatal shooting of a Rocky Point taxi driver in January of this year, or even the shooting of the former Rocky Point police chief.
Good stats:
"Nogales saw its crime rate skyrocket last year.
At least 226 people were murdered — a 70 percent increase over the 2009 figures, says a State Department source.
By contrast, the rate of murders per 100,000 in New Orleans — America's murder capital — was 52 in 2009, about half that of Nogales.
Rocky Point has had about 11 murders per year since 2007, according to figures obtained from the town's police department. Assuming a population of about 50,000, that equates to 22 murders per 100,000 — less than half of New Orleans' rate.
But if it's unfair to compare Rocky Point to Juárez, it's also unfair to compare it to New Orleans, which hosts about 6 million visitors a year. Only a fraction of that number of tourists visit Rocky Point each year.
Strictly by the numbers, Tempe is safer than Rocky Point. Though the city experienced a record year for murders in 2010, with 12, the population of Tempe is nearly four times that of Rocky Point, and it has more yearly visitors.
Also, most of the murders — including those of ASU students Kyleigh Sousa and Zachary Marco — were solved by police, and the murderers have been brought to justice.
On the positive: " obvious by checking a map: You don't need to travel through Rocky Point coming north from either Baja California or the mainland. No major smuggling routes through Rocky Point exist to fight over"
Well here it is; read all about it.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-03-10/news/fear-is-killing-tourism-in-rocky-point-mexico-though-tourists-are-relatively-safe-there-for-now/
I keep hearing that Rocky point is safer than Phoenix blah blah blah, Shootings and killings in front of police, one in the hospitals with out ONE Arrest???? (not the first time) How could these killers escape town, no one had a cell phone to get their lic plates in this age of You tube? And for one killer to walk into a hospital and take 5 shots on someone in the emergency room??? It is beyond my comprehension. Looking at the multiple of machine gun fire (AK-47) the danger of a free bullet is real. The parked cars and the white 4X4 where mutilated.
Mr. Stern gives a good analysis on the subject. His staff was sent down to investigate first hand reports.
He hits the nail in the head with this statement: " Rocky Point has been a pocket of tranquility in Mexico — and exceedingly safe. For Americans, anyway."
Here are some snips;
New Times also spotted the Marines driving around town in Humvees equipped with belt-fed machine guns and stationed at the new airport near the Mayan Palace.
The nature of crime in Mexico, and especially how law enforcement responds to it, disturbs American sensibilities. Nationally, only about 2 percent of cartel suspects arrested are brought to trial, according to a State Department.
No arrests have been made in the August murder at the Malecon, the fatal shooting of a Rocky Point taxi driver in January of this year, or even the shooting of the former Rocky Point police chief.
Good stats:
"Nogales saw its crime rate skyrocket last year.
At least 226 people were murdered — a 70 percent increase over the 2009 figures, says a State Department source.
By contrast, the rate of murders per 100,000 in New Orleans — America's murder capital — was 52 in 2009, about half that of Nogales.
Rocky Point has had about 11 murders per year since 2007, according to figures obtained from the town's police department. Assuming a population of about 50,000, that equates to 22 murders per 100,000 — less than half of New Orleans' rate.
But if it's unfair to compare Rocky Point to Juárez, it's also unfair to compare it to New Orleans, which hosts about 6 million visitors a year. Only a fraction of that number of tourists visit Rocky Point each year.
Strictly by the numbers, Tempe is safer than Rocky Point. Though the city experienced a record year for murders in 2010, with 12, the population of Tempe is nearly four times that of Rocky Point, and it has more yearly visitors.
Also, most of the murders — including those of ASU students Kyleigh Sousa and Zachary Marco — were solved by police, and the murderers have been brought to justice.
On the positive: " obvious by checking a map: You don't need to travel through Rocky Point coming north from either Baja California or the mainland. No major smuggling routes through Rocky Point exist to fight over"
Well here it is; read all about it.
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-03-10/news/fear-is-killing-tourism-in-rocky-point-mexico-though-tourists-are-relatively-safe-there-for-now/
