Tijuana

Bars and clubs in Tijuana must have surveillance cameras and metal detectors by September

The Municipal Administration of Tijuana has a new law that is looking to decrease the crime rate in recreational places that sell alcoholic drinks

By Sergio Carrillo2023-06-26T20:29:00+00:00

After the recent cases of homicides in night centers that occurred Tijuana, the Municipal Administration has announced in a press conference that in 90 days a law will take effect in order to prevent crime in these establishments.

Around 2:20 AM on Sunday, a man was stabbed to death in Reyes Salón Cantina, located in the third floor of Plaza Península.

As such, Mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez stated that every business, especially those in this industry, are responsible for having the security measures demanded by the municipality as well as a certain number of private security agents. She also criticized this commercial center for not having this kind of security.

After this, the Secretary of the Municipal Government, Miguel Ángel Bujanda Ruiz, stated that this law will take effect in 90 days, which will require clubs and bars in the city to have security cameras and metal detectors at the entrance. The official added that that this measure will be discussed with owners:

In the next few days, the mayor also asked us to make an appointment with plazas to talk and demand more security from them, especially in bars that will need to have these measures.

"In effect, security is work that we all have to do", the mayor of Tijuana stated.

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Bujanda Ruiz stated that the club involved in this incident is being guarded by the State’s Prosecutor Agency (FGE), however, this agency will visit these facilities today in order to verify that it has the necessary permits[/b].

Regarding this new law, the Director of Inspection and Municipal Verification, Adolfo García Dworak, shared to San Diego Red that they must wait for it to take effect in order to set the administrative penalties in UMAS that will be given for not complying.

However, it was revealed that an amount of around $40,000 pesos could be the minimum that will be paid by recreational places that sell alcoholic drinks if they don’t have surveillance cameras or metal detectors by the end of September.