Surveillance cameras installed inside Chapala’s San Francisco parish captured images of a light-fingered couple who brazenly lifted a wallet from a woman seated in the pew in front of them during the consecration at the October 21 celebration of noon mass.
The general public should be aware that this type of thievery is becoming more prevalent in the area. Several incidents of purse-snatchers who squirt mustards or other substances on the backs of their victims and offer to clean up the mess while stealing valuables have been reported recently in Chapala and Ajijic.