International media are beginning to report on the rise in crime in Gran Canaria, and the powder keg that Vecindario has become could begin to take its toll on Maspalomas.
a few days ago in Maspalomas24h we echoed the Increase in crime in Santa Lucía de Tirajana, specifically in Vecindario, where squatting, neighborhood brawls, and stabbings have become common occurrences that have residents in constant tension.
Precisely this last Sunday there was a Stabbing in broad daylight on Avenida de Canarias, the municipality's main commercial artery. That Vecindario is becoming a sort of "No Go" zone (an area considered dangerous or unstable, where authorities or citizens avoid entering for security reasons) is common knowledge on the island, even more so in the age of social media and immediacy, where even audiovisual documentation is available. the drama of squatting in the area and the rise in crime.
A growing problem that threatens not only to devastate the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, but also to spread to neighboring municipalities, including San Bartolomé de Tirajana, where the island's main economic engine depends on the destination's positive image and safety.
The danger of news spreading to the source markets that a crime den has been set up just 15 kilometers from Maspalomas is real, especially given the sensationalism and sensationalism so popular in the British tabloids.
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Precisely The Sun (a leading newspaper in England) echoed a few days ago the stabbing of a 64-year-old Polish man in a soup kitchen in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. With the usual sensationalism, the newspaper reported in its online version how the victim dragged herself, the knife stuck in her back, to a nearby business.
As if that were not enough, reference pages such as Guide To Canary Islands, which serve as a reference for many tourists looking for advice on accommodation and what to visit during their stay on the islands, have recently echoed Similar events in tourist areas of Tenerife.
Although the rise in crime in Vecindario seems a more difficult problem to address, the south of the island has also had a first quarter of the year quite busy with events like the kidnapping of a mother and her child with drug trafficking as the main motive, a fact that was reported on national news and newspapers.
