Burglarized yet again

[yanajon]

For those of you with your head still buried in the sand regarding safety in Guanajuato ---
My wife and I drove off for 1 1/2 hours yesterday afternoon, and once again came home to the aftermath of another burglary in the house. This time they used a hydraulic device to bend the bars on the windows apart enough to allow entry.
All of my wife's jewelry, my expensive camera, and my fire-proof box containing various important papers, memorabilia from my deceased mother and my kids, etc is gone (I'm sure that in time we'll discover other things as well).
This time we DID call the police who informed us that no officer would be coming to investigate until Cristina and I came to their office and filled out the necessary "paperwork". We weren't excited about leaving the house with broken/bent bars , but armed both teenaged kids with baseball bats and went to their office. The forms only took about 20 minutes and a couple of hours later (6 hours after the burglary) an officer did arrive only to tell us that nothing could be done.
This marks 5 robberies in 4 years (3 radios from my pick-up parked on busy streets and twice in the house).
One wouldn't think by looking at the house that it would be an easy task to break in, as ALL windows and doors have bars, but with this hydraulic device (small and very available at larger ferreterias), nothing is secure.
I suppose I could wrap the house in razor wire or electric cables (400 volt), but I really don't want to live like 'that'.

Tomorrow (Monday) morning from 10:00 until 12:00 is a weekly meeting open to the public at the Casa De Cultura, usually attended by the chief of police, the Secretario de securidad and often the mayor.
I will be in attendance and intend to inform them that all of Guanajuato's publicity of being a safe and secure city for tourists is a lie. I personally know 3 people who have been assaulted in the street in the past 3 months. One has been in a coma since early November. I know few people who haven't been robbed. I intend to inform them that I will do everything in my powers to inform potential tourists thinking of visiting GTO, to think again.
My neighbor (Mexican) who usually attends these meetings feels that with a large turn-out from the Gringo community supporting me, something positive might result from my little 'speech'. As you know, tourism is everything to GTO and my spreading the word certainly won't help tourism.

We can no longer leave our house together. One of us will always be home and 'on guard'. No more drives into Leon shopping together and no more get-aways to the beach.

Fool me once, shame on you, but fool me 5 times -- who's the fool?
My house will soon hold a "for sale" sign. We're leaving.
My dreams of retiring and living in peace in beautiful Guanajuato are a bust.