Help the turtles of Baja California

Grupo Tortuguero which is associated wiht the www.propennisula.org site is Grupo Tortuguero's 12th Annual Meeting!



Join us in celebrating the past 11 successful years of recovering sea turtles in the Californias and welcoming a new year of sea turtle conservation as a sponsor of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero!
Event Details: Grupo Tortuguero’s 12th Annual Meeting
When: January 29, 30 & 31.

Where: Loreto, BCS, Mexico

Event Goal: Unite all the communities dedicated to sea turtle conservation along the Baja California peninsula and Sea of Cortez with the purpose of sharing results, developing future conservation strategies, and promoting an interest in conservation in younger generation.

Donation Details:
To donate online, visit https://www.propeninsula.org/gt/1.html and fill out form accordingly. To give by mail, send this completed form with payment to Pro Peninsula, at: P.O. Box 3953, San Diego, CA 92163. Make checks payable to The Ocean Foundation, adding "GT donation" in comments field.
About GT: Grupo Tortuguero works with a network of individuals, communities, organizations, and institutions from around the world dedicated to sea turtle conservation. Through this sea turtle conservation network we empower individuals and communities to conserve sea turtles by expanding knowledge and developing innovative solutions and sharing them widely.
For registration information or any other questions, please contact Antonio Arballo at antonio@grupotortuguero.org. Registration deadline is January 15th, 2010.

Congradulations to Rosarito Beach Police

Last week Rosarito Police celbrated a 21% Decline In Crime from last year...

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---City residents and the media are invited to a ceremony at 10 a.m. this Thursday in the City Hall Plaza honoring the city’s police department.

Among those scheduled to attend are Baja State Secretary of Public Security Daniel De La Rosa and Baja State Attorney General Rommel Romero.

The ceremony will honor Jorge Montero, Rosarito’s director of public security, and the members of the 230-officer department which played a key role in a 21 percent reduction in crime through the first 11 months of 2009, said Mayor Hugo Torres.

The reduction was the largest among Baja’s five cities and brought Rosarito’s crime rate to a five-year low. “We have built a good force and the officers deserve to be honored for their hard work, dedication and results,” Torres said.

Since taking office in December of 2007, Torres has led efforts to replace more than half of the city’s police force of 150 officers while expanding its size to 230. “There were a number we needed to get rid of,” he said.

The mayor also established a special tourist police force and brought in former Army Capt. Montero to lead the department. Salaries also have been increased.

Rosarito led all Baja cities in major categories for 2009, recording a 25 percent year-to-year decline in robbery and burglaries, 36 percent in violent crimes and 52 percent in murders, from 54 to 26, according to the January-November state figures.

Torres also cited federal and state support plus a close working relationship with the Rosarito office of the state attorney general, which is responsible for most reporting and investigation of crime.

“Prevention is the key to crime reduction,” said Torres, who added that the city’s focus would remain on public security.

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