There has been an obnoxious amount of crime in Popotla the last 1 year specifically. Multiple killings of random people in there. Almost all the local Mexicans I know say to not go there and that they themselves don't even go there anymore. I live basically next door in Calafia and have only been there 2x in the past year. Try my best to go early and am always with multiple other people and we just go eat and then bounce.
I'll give you the cliffs of 1 story I remember from last year.
-Man enters Popotla with his wife and 2 kids
-Some tweaker has a pitbull that ends up being aggressive towards that guys kids
-Man ends up mad @ tweaker for obvious reasons
-Man's throat is slashed in full view of tons of people and he bleeds out at one of the restaurants inside
-Nobody saw anything obv
I also remember the parking lot guys attempting to upcharge someone which led to an argument, where they ended up shooting the guy.
Even the locals have had enough. Have seen multiple news reports recently where the locals are calling for someone to do something in Popotla....the latest one was just yesterday
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