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, Maspalomas24h reported on the increase in crime in Santa Lucía de Tirajana , specifically in Vecindario, where squatting, neighborhood brawls and stabbings have become common occurrences that keep residents in constant tension.
Just this past Sunday, a stabbing occurred in broad daylight on Avenida de Canarias , the main commercial thoroughfare of the municipality. It's common knowledge on the island that Vecindario is becoming a kind of "No Go" zone (an area considered dangerous or unstable, where authorities or citizens avoid entering for security reasons), especially in the age of social media and instant news, where the drama of squatting in the area and the rise in crime are even being documented audiovisually.
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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Just a few days ago, The Sun (a leading newspaper in England) reported on the stabbing of a 64-year-old Polish man in a soup kitchen in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. With typical British sensationalism, the newspaper described in its online edition how the victim crawled with the knife still embedded in his back to a nearby shop.
To make matters worse, reference websites such as GuideToCanaryIslands , which are used by many tourists seeking advice on accommodation and what to visit during their stay in the islands, have recently reported similar incidents in tourist areas of Tenerife.
Although the rise in crime in Vecindario seems like a more difficult problem to address, the south of the island has also had a rather eventful first quarter of the year with events such as the kidnapping of a mother and her son with drug trafficking as the main motive, an event that was reported by national news programs and newspapers.
