Between 200 and 300 expatriate and Mexican residents, community and business leaders of Melaque and Barra de Navidad waited for more than an hour for a meeting in Cihuatlan’s main plaza with municipal officials, Saturday, January 7 to discuss the lack of security in their towns, which they say lead to the killing of Canadian Robin Wood, January 3 in a botched robbery attempt in Melaque.
Wood’s murder seems to be the stick that broke the camel’s back after the Costalegre community has suffered various months of robbery, vandalism and violence.
As of 10 a.m. Monday protesters mingled in front of City Hall with signs tagged with slogans: “We need the tourist police back – bilingual and trained,” “Do Your Job,” “If you don’t have enough cops, call in the Army,” “Justice for Robin,” “We need security and protection” and “More patrols.” according to a report by Marco Corral of El Correo de Manzanillo, a Spanish-language daily.
A petition, begun by the expat community in San Patricio Melaque and Villa Obregon, and signed by many more residents – both Mexican and foreign – in the villages of Barra de Navidad, Jaluco, El Aguacate and Emiliano Zapata, called for greater security.
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