Closed his shop after the years of the threats. Why is Mexican’s pitching problem begin to get worse
Mexico City (AP) – Posted by phone at a male clothing at the heart of Mexico City’s Historic Center. “I need to combine together 10,000 pesos ($ 500) to me weekly, or otherwise we have to do something,” said the voice.
The owner was hung and reply to the phone in days. But when the rest of the phone came the following Sunday, literally, the auditor had told the person who was calling that he would not pay, demand money would be a daily income of the store. “Well, prepare the results,” said the Word.
Several years of rising threats, tours from Goons and armed robbery followed until the shop owner, who had asked to close his grandfather’s grandfather.
Capacity in strong businesses in Mexico. More, but not everything, it is combined with Mexican groups with organized crime. While some large companies eat as a business expense, many are forced to close.
The Mexican employees, a Coparmex, means to defraud any costs of some cost for $ 1.3 billion in 2023. And this year, and this year, and this year, and this year, and this year, and this year, and this year, and this year, and this year some biggest charges of the first year compared to the same time.
In Mexico City, the number of reported cases are twice as many as five months of 2025 to 498, from 249 the same time last year. It is the top theme at this time last six years, according to the criminal criminal data.
Police report does not go anywhere
After the first call in 2019, the shop owner had his staff to stop answering the phone for eight months. Things were silent, but at the beginning of 2020, two men came to the shop and demanded payment. The owner pretends to cheat shopper and come out.
In 2021, weekly phones demand money with an “Security” exchange. Under the advice of his lawyers, he finally stopped entering the store, instead of carrying it all away.
On one of several robbers, his staff were held in firearms, tied and out of the bathroom, and thieves took money from the coin.
Finally, after two years of threats and robbery, he reported to management. The investigators are seeking evidence from whom he could not share because threats were always words, he said. The investigation does not go anywhere.
It is only reported to fractions that are separated by cases
Reported robbery charges are apart only with the real part.
The Mexico’s National Institute for Statistics and Geography are estimated that some 97% of cases can be reported in 2023.
Reporting is low because of a combination of fear and lack of confidence in the authorities will do something.
The Mexico City Pablo Vásquez camacho camache refers to the discussion with AP that police received other robbery reports, but noted to hear more others. “We cannot solve something we can not even see any wrongdoing or wrong,” Uvásquez.
The problem, Tivine Gutérez Capendoese, Cerch Chamber President of Commerce, is “steadfastly” in Mexico and especially the capital in recent years.
Daniel Bernardi, with his family moved a popsicle store for 85 years, and resigned in this situation. “There is no so much to say,” he said. “You pay if you have to pay.”
Last month, Mexico City prosecutor announced that he created a special prosecutor’s office to investigate and prosecute.
Pay or die
In July, President Claudia Shinbaum said he would propose a law that provides a governmental government for the pursuit of issues.
This week, his management has announced the national plan for dealing with robbery. There will be a telephone number anonymously for stripping; The power to quickly cancel the phone numbers that are associated with the feed calls; Local units fought and investigating the casts will investigate and the incoming of the Mexico’s Financial intelligence to free bank accounts associated with robbery.
National, higher charges above 6% per year.
Fast quick expansion is related to the important financial productivity of organized crime, drawing in the most powerful drug boxes among others. The Sinaloa and Jalisco General Generation Cartels have made the robbery “one of their criminal portfolios,” said the security commentator David Saedesto.
And with Cartels involved, the little-time crooks use fear and conduct their rakes of small distances, pretending to be associated with large criminal groups.
The owner of the Mexico City owner did not know who resolved her. But without the help from the management, he felt alone and disclosed. The threats were growing strong and now they said they will kill him if they do not pay.
The owner remembered that the nearest restaurant opened at the same time as its shop, closed after its owner was killed, assumed that after paying for robbery needs.
So in December 2023, he didn’t see another option but to close. Slowly he looked at the old pieces of furniture driven by the shop that his father passed on to him as his grandfather passed him to his father.
“When I closed I felt so sad. “You work for the rest of your life to destroy it.”
