A state agency released the list of the three most dangerous highway areas based on accident statistics.
The state Secretary of Public Safety said those areas are the Ejido Puebla and Ejido Cuernavaca exit to San Luis highway in southeastern Mexicali, the San Felipe highway by the El Chinero zone and the Tijuana highway by Laguna Salada or the Mexican Salton sea.
The agency said accidents during the Holy Week break increased 4 percent from 1,299 incidents in 2015 to 1,345 in 2016.
Man arrested for robbery
A man was arrested Saturday night after allegedly committing a robbery in southern Mexicali along with an accomplice who was able to flee, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said at 11:30 p.m. a robbery was reported at Castillejo Avenue and Estella Street at Fraccionamiento Quintas del Rey.
Police agents arrested Luis Alberto “Doe,” 28, for his alleged involvement in the incident.
According to the 47-year-old male victim, the suspects arrived at the residence and brandished a firearm.
The suspects took 200,000 pesos or $11,764.
Police agents were able to arrest only one of the individuals allegedly connected with the robbery.
The officers did not find the gun or the cash.
The arrested man was transported to the police headquarters.
Three caught vandalizing state facilities
Three individuals were arrested early Monday after allegedly vandalizing a state building at Mexicali’s Civic Center, according to a report released by the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said police officers arrested the suspects at 5:20 a.m. at Anáhuac Boulevard and Independencia Avenue.
The suspects were identified as Damián “Doe,” 23, Jesús Daniel “Doe,” 25 and Adán Miguel “Doe,” 25.
A police officer at Mexicali City Hall reported the incident.
According to the report the individuals were observed painting the walls of the State Executive Building.
The reporting party said the individuals fled on a green 1996 Nissan Sentra.
Police agents stopped the vehicle blocks ahead.
The individuals were arrested with three cans of spray painting.
The suspects were transported to the police headquarters.
Teenage mom protection bill introduced
A state lawmaker introduced a bill that, if enacted, would mandate a shared responsibility in child support from parents of teenage noncustodial parents.
Assemblyman Sergio Tolento, a Mexicali member of the National Action Party, introduced a bill that would modify the state Civil Code that would force parents of teenage parents to pay child support if their their child misses payments.
The lawmaker said state law does not provide provisions in these cases.
“The bill seeks to provide protections for teenage parents and their children when family controversies arise in terms of child support and custody,” Tolento said. “Ascendants of a child support obligue would have a shared responsibility by setting with precision their co-responsibility in civil law.”
The bill also includes provisions that would change custodial priority from the actual preference given to paternal grandparents to the proposed maternal grandparents who regularly stay in charge of children.
Tolento said last year 29 percent of the over 51,000 births were from teenage moms.
The proposal would protect especially the teenage mothers and their families, who are regularly in fact the party in charge of the newborn.
