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Neighbors in south TJ watch police fire shots at Kern County fugitive
'Most of us here don't talk to each other'
"A neighbor spent hours lying down on her kitchen floor and others in their bathrooms.”
It was right at noon on April 9 when one of the greatest manhunt operations seen in Tijuana, deployed by security and enforcement agencies of Baja California, failed to apprehend Cesar Moises Hernandez. Hernandez had escaped form Kern County authorites and ended up hiding at one of the houses located at Barcelona Residencial, a gated community in south Tijuana, about 25 minutes form the border.
Drones, a helicopter, 30 vehicles, and 3 different enforcement agencies were not enough for Cersar Hernandez, who managed to sneak away from the scene wearing a coat similar to a public janitor's.
Sergio Villanueva, who lives four houses from the hide-out, witnessed it from his backyard: “I was able to see when all the cops got here, the shootout lasted about 40 minutes. But I believe it actually started like 10 minutes after the guy escaped using this coat he got lucky to find in a convertible jeep parked on the street. We got to know all of that through some neighbors' footage from their security cameras, but they didn't realize it at all.”
"Everyone goes about their own business, there is no community."
During the first intervention of the Baja California's Prosecutor's Office into Cesar Hernandez's household, a first shootout took place, killing Abigail Esperanza Reyes, commander of the International Links and Coordination of the State Citizen Security Force. Apperently, this fact blinded the security forces into blasting bullets at the house where Cesar was located.
Police encountered two armed persons resisting while the suspect walked away slowly. “Coordination and training don't exist in the corporations, that is why there is no trust from the citizens towards them, and if they do have the capacity to do things, it is not useful because of the same lack of trust that exists towards the authorities,”.Sergio Villanueva noted.
Another neighbor, Isabel Lara, explained she was coming back from picking up her daughter at school but got stopped by a call from her husband, who told her to stay away as much as possible. Cops were all around the place so that no one of the neighborhood could avoid hearing shots.
“I didn't know what to do. I was with my daughter, and I had a panic attack and started to feel my stress skyrocketing while the heavy munitions were shot, and the helicopter above us. Although my home was some streets away, I was really scared. A neighbor spent hours lying down on her kitchen floor, and others in their bathrooms,” Lara noted.
Bullet holes at the house where Cesar was located
She was now more concerned about her and her family's safety inside the residential private complex and is thinking on safety upgrades, same as other neighbors. For Sergio Villanueva, there is no sense in doing so, because since both agree there is no community or connections.
“What can I say about having a runaway neighbor? Most of us here don't talk to each other; sometimes we don't even know each other by sight, everyone goes about his own business, there is no community in this type of private property,” Villanueva emphasized.
“Many houses here are rented, and it is normal to have new neighbors and there are times when you do not know everyone,” Isabel said. “Those men who lived there didn't mess with anyone, there was nothing to call attention to until that day of the operation.”
Despite the suspect being caught and now under custody, the enforcement agencies of Baja California State are failing to communicate to the public who is to blame.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Neighbors in south TJ watch police fire shots at Kern County fugitive
'Most of us here don't talk to each other'
Neighbors in south TJ watch police fire shots at Kern County fugitive
'Most of us here don't talk to each other'
"A neighbor spent hours lying down on her kitchen floor and others in their bathrooms.”
It was right at noon on April 9 when one of the greatest manhunt operations seen in Tijuana, deployed by security and enforcement agencies of Baja California, failed to apprehend Cesar Moises Hernandez. Hernandez had escaped form Kern County authorites and ended up hiding at one of the houses located at Barcelona Residencial, a gated community in south Tijuana, about 25 minutes form the border.
Drones, a helicopter, 30 vehicles, and 3 different enforcement agencies were not enough for Cersar Hernandez, who managed to sneak away from the scene wearing a coat similar to a public janitor's.
Sergio Villanueva, who lives four houses from the hide-out, witnessed it from his backyard: “I was able to see when all the cops got here, the shootout lasted about 40 minutes. But I believe it actually started like 10 minutes after the guy escaped using this coat he got lucky to find in a convertible jeep parked on the street. We got to know all of that through some neighbors' footage from their security cameras, but they didn't realize it at all.”
"Everyone goes about their own business, there is no community."
During the first intervention of the Baja California's Prosecutor's Office into Cesar Hernandez's household, a first shootout took place, killing Abigail Esperanza Reyes, commander of the International Links and Coordination of the State Citizen Security Force. Apperently, this fact blinded the security forces into blasting bullets at the house where Cesar was located.
Police encountered two armed persons resisting while the suspect walked away slowly. “Coordination and training don't exist in the corporations, that is why there is no trust from the citizens towards them, and if they do have the capacity to do things, it is not useful because of the same lack of trust that exists towards the authorities,”.Sergio Villanueva noted.
Another neighbor, Isabel Lara, explained she was coming back from picking up her daughter at school but got stopped by a call from her husband, who told her to stay away as much as possible. Cops were all around the place so that no one of the neighborhood could avoid hearing shots.
“I didn't know what to do. I was with my daughter, and I had a panic attack and started to feel my stress skyrocketing while the heavy munitions were shot, and the helicopter above us. Although my home was some streets away, I was really scared. A neighbor spent hours lying down on her kitchen floor, and others in their bathrooms,” Lara noted.
Bullet holes at the house where Cesar was located
She was now more concerned about her and her family's safety inside the residential private complex and is thinking on safety upgrades, same as other neighbors. For Sergio Villanueva, there is no sense in doing so, because since both agree there is no community or connections.
“What can I say about having a runaway neighbor? Most of us here don't talk to each other; sometimes we don't even know each other by sight, everyone goes about his own business, there is no community in this type of private property,” Villanueva emphasized.
“Many houses here are rented, and it is normal to have new neighbors and there are times when you do not know everyone,” Isabel said. “Those men who lived there didn't mess with anyone, there was nothing to call attention to until that day of the operation.”
Despite the suspect being caught and now under custody, the enforcement agencies of Baja California State are failing to communicate to the public who is to blame.
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