Bacalar Cuts Vehicle Theft From 10 Cases a Month to One

Bacalar, Quintana Roo — Vehicle theft and thefts from inside cars in Bacalar have dropped from as many as 10 cases a month in previous years to about one today, according to Pablo Quiroga Mackliberti, the official in charge of the municipality’s Public Security and Traffic Department.

Quiroga Mackliberti said officers keep up permanent patrols in the municipal seat, along the coastal zone and around the Laguna de los Siete Colores (Lagoon of Seven Colors), where much of the area’s tourism activity and visitor traffic is concentrated.

He said the cases reported now are sporadic, and that some of the incidents handled involved vehicles that their owners had left unlocked or open — a situation that makes it easy for belongings inside to be taken.

Quiroga Mackliberti said the current municipal administration has not detected any gangs dedicated specifically to stealing cars in Bacalar, although surveillance patrols continue in order to prevent such crimes.

The municipal official said surveillance is focused mainly on the areas with the heaviest visitor traffic, while reports of stolen vehicles and of items taken from inside them remain below the levels recorded in past years.