Dear Sir,
On Tuesday, November 6, at about 2:30 p.m., my 18-year old stepdaughter was returning to Lakeside from classes in Guadalajara. About a half-block from the city’s Central de Camiones Vieja (old bus station) on Calle Estadio, two men started to follow her. They caught up to her, put a gun in her ribs, and demanded she open her purse. She opened her purse and they took her wallet, containing 450 pesos and her identification, as well as her cell phone, valued at 3,500 pesos. They then told her that if she screamed, they would shoot her in the face. They then took off walking down the street. The men were about 30 and 50 years old.
Many people saw this incident and no one offered to help. She continued walking to the bus station and waited there for about an hour until another student who she knew arrived and paid her fare home to Chapala. It was an awful scare, but she is OK.
The following day, I took her back to Guadalajara and we made a police report of the incident. She is a brave girl and will not let this incident stop her from getting the education she wants. She returned to classes, on the bus, on November 8.
I am writing this to let people know to be extremely careful around the Guadalajara bus station, no matter what time of day.
Marti Hurley,
Riberas del Pilar