Big Accident on La Ropa Road

There was a big accident last night about 9:00 on La Ropa Road near Spuma (sp). Poles down and a van with all air bags deployed had crashed. The road was closed for at least 1/2 hour or more. Hopefully no one was killed.

It wasn't an "accident". It was a shootout between armed civilians that apparently began around 7:00 p.m. in Dario Galeana and ended in La Ropa near La Casa Que Canta, or something like that. Authorities only caught one of the gunmen so far who was wounded in the leg. I doubt the rest are waiting around to get caught.

Since this kind of stuff almost never occurs here, I suspect the gunmen are from somewhere else, possibly Michoacán, where there have been incidents during recent days around Uruapan and Arteaga after the authorities made some important arrests a few days ago. We call it the "cucaracha effect" when they scatter into neighboring states.

On a "positive" note, Zihuatanejo's municipal police have finally been allowed to carry their weapons again after about 2 years unarmed. They have allegedly passed all the vetting and testing. Let's hope this helps keep more citizens and visitors safe.