NEW PHONE LINE TO REPORT CRIME IN BAJA FROM THE US
Residents fromthe United States now have a toll free number to complaint against common andorganized crime within the Mexican territory.
The number1-866-201-5060 is for residents of California and the rest of the UnitedStates, who can provide the authorities in Baja California, in an anonymousway, information about organized crime and common crime located in Mexico.
Daniel de la RosaAnaya, Secretary of Public Security in Baja California and Mexican ConsulRemedios Gomez Arnau, presented the new toll free phone service1-866-201-5060 at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego; which can be used toexpose criminals located in Mexico or to report if they have been the victim ofa crime when transiting through Baja or while living here.
De la Rosaexplained that when a caller dials 1-866-201-5060, the call comes into theprogram 089, operated by the state government of Baja California, specializingin bilingual telephone operators who immediatelytransfer the complaint to Mexican authorities for their attention. The serviceis 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
The program isconfigured to block phone numbers from which the calls are made, they are notrecorded and the telephone operators may not ask the complainant's personaldata.
This service willbe introduced in coming days in the consulates of Mexico located in Calexico,California and Yuma, Arizona, to spread mostly among the Hispanic community inthese cities and their surrounding regions.
Note that the anonymous reporting service via toll-free number 1-866-201-5060is available for use from any phone located on the mainland and islands of theUnited States, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska.