From Amber Phillips IMPORTANT ANNOUMNCEMENT!!!! CABO UPDATE!!!!!!! Rick Antillon just off the phone with my Tio (Jay Vazquez) who is at ground zero in Cabo. He has been spending a lot of time on the streets of Cabo. They spoke for an hour and this is what he told him. Very good news. 1) The stories of gangs driving the streets with machetes and guns is highly exagerated. He said he has heard of some isolated incidents of a few home robberies and that was it. He said that the streets have been peaceful. No riots or fires. He has not seen one vehicle driving around with gangs in it. He told me that some of the Mexicans out of fear have spread exaggerated stories of home break ins which turn the gringos heard which in turn made the gringos scared to death leading them to barracade their neighborhoods especially when they see other people doing it. Its caused a wide spread panic out of fear of danger that doesnt even exist. My friend has been moving freely around San Lucas and San Jose each day and has not seen any violence or gangs. That doesnt go to say that he is seeing everything so if you have actual facts of anything else and are confident of the information please report it but only if you know its not gossip created out of fear. 2) 14 prisoners broke out of jail but they did not start gangs. They simple broke out and are no where to be found but they are not running gangs. 3) The looting at Costco went like this. Costco told their employees and families that they could go in and take the necessities they need with military patrol overseeing the area. When other locals saw this they felt that they should be able to join in and proceeded to get what they wanted which caused it to be disorderly but not violent. The military could not really stop them without shooting so they let people take things and even things that they really didnt need like tvs. However it was not a forced violent entry and started off with the permission of Costco. This has been the case with some other businesses as well. Its not to discredit the fact that some stores have actually been broken and looted in Los Cabos. 4) He said the basic needs are water and food. So we must continue to raise funds to donate to legitimate organizations that will deliver them asap! 5) He is seeing CFE starting to put up temporary power and phone lines. Some areas he is being told will have electricity in 3-4 days but not all areas 6) He is seeing more and more military come in steadily and restoring order 7) He said the government is doing a great job in making things happen very quickly 8) Roads between San Jose and San Lucas are clear and safe to travel 9) He said he is feeling peace where ever he goes and no sense of fear I think its important we spread this news while still telling our friends and families there to be alert in protecting their areas as there will still be those that will steal and take advantage of the situation. Help is on the way and people will be fed and have water. CONTINUE TO PRAY BECAUSE THE PRAYERS ARE WORKING and continue to pray for this next hurricane to go west as it seems to be headed that way more and more every second. I think we can find a lot of peace in todays information as we continue to pray and believe with confidence that everyone will be OK and taken care of. Lets focus our energy, efforts and thoughts on building support for supplies so that we can get them there as soon as Baja roads clear. Remember fear is faith contaminated. I need to practice what I preach!-Rick Antillon Godspeed! PLEASE REPOST EVERYWHERE!!!!!
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:38:20 +0000
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