Extortion cases TOURISTS BY POLICE CANCUN

Extortion cases TOURISTS BY POLICE CANCUN

Posted on March 10, 2016

* Apply 'fines' of up to $ 500
* US consul concerned in the Yucatan Peninsula

CANCUN, MX.- The US consul general in the Yucatan Peninsula, David Mico said his country's concern for extortion cases against US citizens by traffic police in Cancun.
The diplomat was a guest at the monthly meeting of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE-C), which outlined the various cases in which US citizens have been involved in Cancún, especially those who use rental cars.

Luis Camera Pattern, leader of CCE-C, said the consul did not specify the number of cases that have registered, but external that there is a latent concern that there are already several consulates that have reported the same complaint against traffic agents.

The more than 20 business organizations affiliated to CCE expressed support for the complaint consul and pledged to seek future meetings with the authorities of state and municipal order in Quintana Roo to find an immediate solution, because although the problem is not very serious , could grow if you do not do something about it, Skipper House said.

Although the general perception of the US consulate about Cancun is great security, he said, this complaint has been persistent in recent years. The most frequent victims are tourists aboard rented cars, who are detained under the pretext of driving to speeding. Once the agent detainees can reach up to $ 500 asking them under the threat of leading to El Torito and confiscate the car.

Attorney Carlos Arturo Alvarez staircase with the US Consul General, David Joseph Mico.

Lessors Association Car had already denounced this situation, although they have put in place mechanisms as a flyer circulating to prevent passengers are subject to the classic "bite".
Just last year, at the end of the peak summer season, that is rented on average 10 thousand cars in Cancun, the car rental agencies reported more than 500 cases of extortion.

Last year several honorary consuls reported that in many of these cases of extortion, the crime of bribery is set, as on numerous occasions officers escort their "victims" to the cashier so that it can withdraw the amount of "bite" that sometimes it reaches up to 5,000 pesos