Al G
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Jorge Ramos has promised
Maybe the grand Pooh-bah of the Baja Boards Me-No can tell us with his infinite wisdom of everything Baja...if this is business as usual.
By Sandra Dibble
San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
November 30, 2007
PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune
Incoming Tijuana mayor New Tijuana mayor vows to push for honest, professional force
Posted by: "myecobaja" myecobaja@yahoo.com myecobaja
Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:02 pm (PST)
By Sandra Dibble
San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
November 30, 2007
PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune
Incoming Tijuana mayor Jorge Ramos has promised a push for honesty in the city's police
department.
Amid a rising outcry over violence and corruption, Jorge Ramos becomes Tijuana mayor at
midnight tonight, promising an unprecedented push for honesty and professional
standards in the city's 2,300-member police department.
"We have a bad situation," Ramos said in an interview this week, speaking of his city's high
crime rates.
Just hours earlier, his top pick for a high-level public safety post fought off an attack at
his home by heavily armed assailants.
"We can have a lot of cameras . . . all over the city, but if people who are responsible for
security don't have principles, a sense of honor," then crime-fighting will fail, said Ramos,
39, a member of Mexico's National Action Party, or PAN.
Ramos is one of five mayors simultaneously launching three-year terms with
inaugurations today in Baja California. All have pledged to work closely with President
Felipe Calderón and Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán to fight crime.
To improve crime-fighting in Tijuana, Ramos said he intends to seek certification from the
U.S.-based Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, which works with
police agencies to strengthen law enforcement.
Ramos' predecessor, Jorge Hank Rhon, spent large sums of money on improved police
equipment, higher salaries, video surveillance cameras and a high-tech command center.
"What is clear is that what's been done up to now has not worked, or has worked at a very
low level" said Tonatiuh Guillén, president of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, a Tijuana
think tank. "The problem is procedures, above all ensuring honesty in the management of
police."
Ramos was reared on politics, the son of a former state government official. He was in his
early 20s when got his first municipal job as a city inspector. He is linked to a political
group informally known as Los Magallones because of its identification with the late
Salvador Rosas Magallón, an outspoken PAN party leader in Baja California.
For all his boyish looks, Ramos comes to the mayor's job with years of experience in
municipal and state government positions. He won the mayoral race in August on his
second try, after losing to Hank Rhon in 2004.
Ramos speaks good English, a language he said he learned as a boy, watching cartoons;
his favorite was Popeye. His English has served him well in recent weeks, as he has
reached out to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and other civic and business leaders north
of the border.
Ramos has proposed the creation of a cross-border association of governments to develop
long-term strategies for the San Diego-Tijuana-Rosarito Beach region. He said he plans to
work closely with Rosarito Beach to develop a police branch that would assist visitors.
Assaults and extortion of tourists "is going to end," Ramos said. "Because tourism is very
important for the development of our city and the region."
Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@uniontrib.coma push for honesty in the city's police
department.
Amid a rising outcry over violence and corruption, Jorge Ramos becomes Tijuana mayor at
midnight tonight, promising an unprecedented push for honesty and professional
standards in the city's 2,300-member police department.
"We have a bad situation," Ramos said in an interview this week, speaking of his city's high
crime rates.
Just hours earlier, his top pick for a high-level public safety post fought off an attack at
his home by heavily armed assailants.
"We can have a lot of cameras . . . all over the city, but if people who are responsible for
security don't have principles, a sense of honor," then crime-fighting will fail, said Ramos,
39, a member of Mexico's National Action Party, or PAN.
Ramos is one of five mayors simultaneously launching three-year terms with
inaugurations today in Baja California. All have pledged to work closely with President
Felipe Calderón and Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán to fight crime.
To improve crime-fighting in Tijuana, Ramos said he intends to seek certification from the
U.S.-based Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, which works with
police agencies to strengthen law enforcement.
Ramos' predecessor, Jorge Hank Rhon, spent large sums of money on improved police
equipment, higher salaries, video surveillance cameras and a high-tech command center.
"What is clear is that what's been done up to now has not worked, or has worked at a very
low level" said Tonatiuh Guillén, president of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, a Tijuana
think tank. "The problem is procedures, above all ensuring honesty in the management of
police."
Ramos was reared on politics, the son of a former state government official. He was in his
early 20s when got his first municipal job as a city inspector. He is linked to a political
group informally known as Los Magallones because of its identification with the late
Salvador Rosas Magallón, an outspoken PAN party leader in Baja California.
For all his boyish looks, Ramos comes to the mayor's job with years of experience in
municipal and state government positions. He won the mayoral race in August on his
second try, after losing to Hank Rhon in 2004.
Ramos speaks good English, a language he said he learned as a boy, watching cartoons;
his favorite was Popeye. His English has served him well in recent weeks, as he has
reached out to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and other civic and business leaders north
of the border.
Ramos has proposed the creation of a cross-border association of governments to develop
long-term strategies for the San Diego-Tijuana-Rosarito Beach region. He said he plans to
work closely with Rosarito Beach to develop a police branch that would assist visitors.
Assaults and extortion of tourists "is going to end," Ramos said. "Because tourism is very
important for the development of our city and the region."
Sandra Dibble: (619) 293-1716; sandra.dibble@uniontrib.com
[Edited on 12-1-2007 by Al G]
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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Here's the lyrics to an old 60's song that reminds me of the situation in northern Baja. Let's call it "New Baja Blues". Apologies to Sean Bonniwell.
I got me a complication
And it's an only child
Concernin' my reputation
As something more than wild
I know it serves me right
But I can't sleep at night
Have to hide my face
Or go some other play-ay-ay-ay-ay-ace
I won't cry out for justice
Admit that I was wrong
I'll stay in hibernation
'Til the talk subsides to gone
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
To size
Can't seem to talk about
The things that bother me
Seems to be
What everybody has
Against me
Oh, oh, all right
Here's the situation
And how it really stands
I'm out of circulation
I've all but washed my hands
My social life's a dud
My name is really mud
I'm up to here in lies
Guess I'm down to size
To size
Talk talk Talk talk Talk talk Talk talk
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toneart
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I certainly wish him (and us) well. I hope he is not (as someone said in another thread) a "Dead Man Walking".
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Gadget
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You know, after reading that I just have this overwhelming feeling of being very fortunate to live in this country. Yes I love traveling in Baja and
I know that most areas of Baja do not have this horrific problem.
But Mayor Ramos is talking about sqwashing a crime wave that is the police department! Its crazy.
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
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Al G
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gadget
You know, after reading that I just have this overwhelming feeling of being very fortunate to live in this country. Yes I love traveling in Baja and
I know that most areas of Baja do not have this horrific problem.
But Mayor Ramos is talking about sqwashing a crime wave that is the police department! Its crazy. |
Now this is what I have taken out of this statement as a hopeful sign...the denying of policia involvement that (except a couple of Nomads)everyone
knew was a lie...has been confessed to the world...for that, for now I will believe in Mayor Ramos.
Albert G
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Here is the Mayor of Tijuana Jorge Ramos being sworn into office and promising his fight against the criminals. He did not sound like he was playing
around.
http://www.elimparcial.com/videos/player.asp?numvideo=2423
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Here is a link to the capture of some people who kidnapped a young businessman in Tijuana who was subsequently rescued. Here is the face of the bad
people. Regular looking people.
http://www.elimparcial.com/videos/player.asp?numvideo=2418
Capturan a presunto secuestrador durante un fuerte operativo Un joven comerciante fue liberado la noche del miércoles por elementos de la sub
procuraduría contra la Delincuencia Organizada.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Liberan a español secuestrado en Puerto Nuevo El plagiado va a ser trasladado a los Estados Unidos.
http://www.elimparcial.com/videos/player.asp?numvideo=2098
Another sucessful rescue of a kidnapped Spanish Tourist.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
Another sucessful rescue of a kidnapped Spanish Tourist. |
Oct. 16
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Ok so it was October 16. At least we can see they can investigate and solve crime when they want to.
They just need to clean up their police force that's for sure. The very first thing they should do is polygraph every police officer who is currently
a police officer to find the dirty ones. Then get them to confess and roll over on their other police accomplices. Then get rid of them. Any new
police recruit at the bare minimum should be polygraphed, given psychological exams and be subjected to a background investigation. I think the new
Tijuana Mayor will be doing that.
[Edited on 12-2-2007 by ELINVESTI8]
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bajaguy
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First Clue
Gee, sir....are you a salesman for duct tape???
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Gee, sir....are you a salesman for duct tape??? |
Si Chuey!
[Edited on 12-2-2007 by ELINVESTI8]
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