Residents from the United States
now have a toll free number to complain against common
and organized crime within the Mexican territory.
The number 1-866-201-5060 is
for both residents of California and the rest of the
United States, who can provide the authorities in Baja
California, in an anonymous way, information about organized
crime and common crime located in Mexico.
Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, Secretary
of Public Security in Baja California and Mexican Consul
Remedios Gomez Arnau, presented the new toll free phone
service 1-866-201-5060 at the Mexican Consulate in San
Diego; which can be used to expose criminals located
in Mexico or to report if they have been the victim
of a crime when transiting through Baja or while living
here.
De la Rosa explained that when
a caller dials 1-866-201-5060, the call comes into the
program 089, operated by the state government of Baja
California, specializing in bilingual telephone operators
who immediately transfer the complaint to Mexican authorities
for their attention. The service is 24 hours a day,
365 days per year.
The program is configured to
block phone numbers from which the calls are made, they
are not recorded and the telephone operators may not
ask the complainant’s personal data.
This service will be introduced
in coming days in the consulates of Mexico located in
Calexico, California and Yuma, Arizona, to spread mostly
among the Hispanic community in these cities and their
surrounding regions.
Note that the anonymous reporting
service via toll-free number 1-866-201-5060 is available
for use from any phone located on the mainland and islands
of the United States, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii
and Alaska.
If you are residing in Baja,
simply dial 089.