Blind "Baja 500" against narcos

Ensenada, BC (May 21, 2008) — Special forces of the Federal Preventive Police (PFP), elements of the Mexican Army and the municipal and state police involved in the operational safety of the career path outside "Baja 500", to be held in Ensenada on Saturday 31 May.

The mayor Pablo Alejo Lopez Nunez added that in the desire to prevent infiltration of members of organized crime in the sporting gesture, Score International, organizer of the event, will take security measures during the registration of brokers.

"We know that in cases that have been presenting these people make substitutions (with other registered brokers) at the time of the race," he said.

The Municipal Public Security Secretary, Cesar Santiesteban Gastelum, said that with filters that implements Score seeks greater certainty of the background of the participants, to reduce the infiltration of non gratae.

Protect the public

Santiesteban said that due to changes in the development of the event, as the conclusion of the race in the Coastal Boulevard, the unit in charge will have to modify the operational security that was traditionally.

. "We have to cover the entire area of the stream until departure, the urban (Riviera) and specific sites out of the city… in the area of El Tule will have extra protection."

Score International assured that they will provide some security tools, such as special fencing will be placed in hot spots, and to finish the race will not be allowed to transit riders at high speeds in urban areas.

Jaime Nieto, director of Firefighters and Civil Protection reported that two machines will participate with extinguishers and two ambulances, which will be moved to different places depending on the dynamics of the race.

This issue, he said, we will not focus on monitoring in streams, but in dealing with any emergency that may arise during the event.