Mexico: U.S. Consulate Warns About Sinaloa Highway Bandits

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | February 17th, 2010 | Trackback

The U.S. Consulate General in Hermosillo warned Feb. 12 about frequent highway robberies in Sinaloa on both toll roads and free roads that typically occur after dark. Armed men commonly pull up behind the victim’s vehicle flashing lights like a police car, wave them over to the side of the road or down a side road, where armed accomplices wait to steal their money and valuables at gun point, and sometimes take their car. Recently three such robberies took place in one week, with U.S. citizens the victims in two of the incidents. Sexual assaults have also occurred during some robberies. The best way to avoid such crime is to travel only during the day.

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