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It came to my attention that one of my friend's lodgings at La Ropa Beach suffered an armed holdup a few days ago while the lodgings guests were present. Since we have nothing resembling a police force in our city I suppose armed robberies are to be expected, but that's the thing. Even though this entire region of the state of Guerrero has no police force anyone would ever think to count on for public security, hold-ups like this are amazingly rare. Maybe 2 or 3 a year for our region, if even that. Heck, even when I lived in Florida 26 years ago almost everywhere had more crime against tourists than this entire region. So, as terrible as I feel about the incident and especially for the people who had their things stolen and their personal safety violated, I am not going to warn anyone to do anything different than they otherwise would to be safe in our region. Now that an incident has occurred at La Ropa, that part of town will actually get increased police surveillance. I suspect the perps were just passing through, as seems to happen here from time to time. Probably got run out of Acapulco and are heading to points north and needed a little cash for the road for the "long weekend". Who knows? But I wouldn't hesitate to have my family stay at any lodging at La Ropa. And I hope no one will cancel their reservations or decide not to come to Zihuatanejo just because we are not a 100% crime-free zone.

¡¡Viva Zihuatanejo!! :vivamexico:

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Thanks for the heads up......horrible event for anyone. Turds do not fall far from the tree......maybe they will catch the turds.

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Thanks Rob. Having a robbery on La Ropa is somewhat disturbing, but not having the resemblance of a police force is more disturbing. What should/can tourist do if they are involved in an isolated incident which recently happened? Not trying to make a big deal out of a small problem. B-)

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Thanks Rob. Having a robbery on La Ropa is somewhat disturbing, but not having the resemblance of a police force is more disturbing. What should/can tourist do if they are involved in an isolated incident which recently happened? Not trying to make a big deal out of a small problem.

People have been vacationing here for decades and there has never been anything remotely resembling a professional police force. Nothing has changed except that now they aren't armed until they all pass a confidence test and have their licenses to carry arms renewed collectively.

What can a tourist do? What anyone does: don't sweat the material things. They can be replaced. Cooperate with the robbers. Call or let someone call the police (066) and cooperate with the police. The police will advise you to file a report with the Ministerio Público al Atención del Turista. I recommend doing so.

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Rob, I understand you are doing your best to protect tourism (you even used "heck" in your post to downplay) and I appreciate that you even posted it in the first place. But for those of us already here, both year round and the snowbirds, do you have any more information that we can use to keep us safe? Any description of the bad guys? Were they in a car? Does armed mean guns? Did they injure the homeowners?

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Rob, I understand you are doing your best to protect tourism (you even used "heck" in your post to downplay) and I appreciate that you even posted it in the first place. But for those of us already here, both year round and the snowbirds, do you have any more information that we can use to keep us safe? Any description of the bad guys? Were they in a car? Does armed mean guns? Did they injure the homeowners?

No additional info. No one was injured that I'm aware of. Sorry. If the people who got robbed want to post their experience they are welcome to, but there is no info I'm aware of that would help make anyone safer. I already believe Zihuatanejo is one of the safest places to be and to vacation in this crazy world.

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Hmmm. Staying on the beach at Zihua is probably safer than some major cities in the US and Canada. When I'm in Mexico I dress simply, don't carry much cash and lock up anything I want to keep safe. No flashy jewelry or electronics - who needs them when you have the sun, sand and sea? Looking forward to my winter paradise.

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Readers here cannot deny the fact there are home invasions in their towns or cities in Canada or the US
Losers are loser no matter what language they speak. in a home invasion the best policy is to fold like a cheap tent.

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You're right! They also target their own people. One of the sweet vendors on La Ropa was robbed @ home of all her stock of clothes etc!, a month or so ago! Yes losers are losers!

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Despertar de la Costa published an article about this incident in their on-line edition on November 13. It was also posted on their Facebook page. It does contain more details, for those who read Spanish.

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On the facebook page you can right click on the article and ask for an English translation (of sorts), but it will give you the general idea.

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Someone has to know if Las armas/Pistoloas were involved?
Local media coverage? Time of night/day? Where is the information? no Police expected response?

Come on. this is inflammatory, although imformative. Like, I saw a guy watching a ISIS video in seat 23A. Stop Z Plane! WTF?

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Someone has to know if Las armas/Pistoloas were involved?
Local media coverage? Time of night/day? Where is the information? no Police expected response?

Come on. this is inflammatory, although imformative. Like, I saw a guy watching a ISIS video in seat 23A. Stop Z Plane! WTF?

I've deleted the posts that named the property in question because I did not wish to unfairly harm anyone's business. I hope too much damage wasn't done to their business since I know they are taking additional precautions to protect their guests after the first incident ever in their long history of providing vacation lodging.

I appreciate morbid curiosity, but after all that's all it is.

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[image] So if you are unwilling to post the particulars about the incident, then what's the point of posting it at all? It really only serves to incite the behavior you are trying to avoid.

Don't get me wrong - I totally understand your reasons for not posting details and trying to protect the establishment and I'm apologizing for my post BTW. But then you make the following statement - "I appreciate morbid curiosity, but after all that's all it is." If you believe that then you expect the morbid curiosity virus to take hold, which results in damage control all over the place. Just color me dazed & confused. :beatwall:

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I have to agree With you Bonnie.
Not to mention that my wife and I arrive Saturday to a property we rented on Playa La Ropa.....
Nough said.

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When you don't name the establishment, you make every establishment suspect.
The more information you provide, the better for public safety.
We have reservations on La Ropa soon and would like to know more.
Our motive is not morbid curiosity. It is preserving our safety.
You are not doing tourism a favour by suppressing information.
We've visited Zihuatanejo many times over 50 years and aren't going to let a single incident stop us from going again soon, but please treat us like adults and tell us what you know: who, what, when and where.
I like your photos.

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Check the above posts, go to the website and read the article. All of the information is there.

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I only expect to live to be about 150 so I don't have time to sift through all these posts for a third time sniffing for a link.
All I see is some unrelated material.
For heaven's sake, post a clear link if you can't spit the story out yourself.
This is how they treat readers in places like Egypt.
Is the a message board or an Easter egg hunt?

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Also being discussed here http://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowForum-g150795-i473-Zihuatanejo_Pacific_Coast.html

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Thank you Elle.

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Hola
I agree with you 100 per cent. A lot of times when I post something I get more comments about my grammar or my Spanish than I do about the content of the post. A lot of these are from people who are not even in the country. Get a life people and get with the spirit of this board.

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