Police say they have spoken to a French tourist who was robbed and beaten in Sarteneja. As we told you last night, 25 year old Gabriel Jacquet was cooling out in the seaside village on Monday when he was attacked.
Police discussed the difficulties of village policing:
ACP Joseph Myvette- Head of NCIB
"He is saying that he arrived in the country on Sunday night through the northern border where he stayed in Corozal on Sunday night and then made his way to Sarteneja on a passenger bus on Monday morning. He then found an area along the sea where he tied up his hammock. But so far, he cannot recall what occurred and also he could not say whether or not anything was stolen. So, the police had canvassed the area however no useful information has been gathered so far. It is still an ongoing investigation. The area, as I mentioned before is an isolated area where he was found."
Reporter
"In relation to that incident, as we understand it, those who found the tourists, they went to the Sarteneja police station but they were not attended to because no police officer was at the station. Can you speak to that and speak to how functional the Sarteneja police is at this time?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"Of course, the station does have police officers assigned to the station but however the job of any village police, there are responsibilities that are bestowed upon that officer stationed in Sarteneja and he is mandated to patrol Sarteneja Village and nearby Chunox Village and those communities within that area falls under his responsibility. So indeed, he may have just been in the village or he may have been at the nearby village."
Jacquet lives in Mexico City. He was admitted to the KHMH in stable condition.
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