Policía Vial

While in Zihuatenejo, I rented a scooter.
First issue with the Policia Vial was they claimed I ran a red light, no helmet, alcohol use.
I did pull over, they asked me for my license. My first mistake.
Then they threatened to jail me but I could get out of the tickets and avoid the jail.
Much more to this story but none the less 3,000.00 pesos lighter.
Next one, I was returning the scooter and was in a group of about 6 scooters.
Out of nowhere, the Policia Vial flagged me over.
2nd mistake, gave them my license.
And here we go, full blown accusations of what they thought I did. This time, only 2,000 pesos.
All the transaction were in back lanes out of sight.
The people at the resort said this was a very common thing.
They told me to never give them my driver's license and if I think I'm being hassled, call for the Policia Militero.

Real sorry to hear about your experience and extortion at the hands of our local Policía de Tránsito aka Policía Vial. Unfortunately our municipal government must condone such behavior because they've been made aware of it over and over, year after year for way too long for it to be anything but officially okey-dokeyed.

Yes, the Guardia Nacional could be good at resolving such problems if people called them from the scene of the crime.

Some photos, names, badge numbers, times, dates and places would be good things to have. The hotel should've helped you to file a proper report with the Policía Turística, not shrugged their corporate shoulder to avoid any unpleasant publicity.