Puerto Rico Police are taking steps to address a rise in armed carjackings in the Bayamón police region, where 43 vehicle robberies at gunpoint were under investigation as of Wednesday, November 11, ten more than the 33 recorded by the same date in 2025. The Bayamón region groups more municipalities than any of the 13 police regions: Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Dorado, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Naranjito, Corozal, Cedro Arriba, Guaynabo, Bayamón and Cataño.
Agency statistics show the region has seen a drop in what it classifies as "hurtos," but the carjacking increase includes 13 cases in Bayamón, seven in Toa Alta, six in Dorado and four in Levittown, in Toa Baja. May and October have had the most cases so far. Lieutenant Colonel José Arocho, auxiliary commander of the Bayamón region, said a Thursday meeting with the Bayamón municipal government and community representatives addressed adding or reconfiguring security cameras.
He said camera trailers connect to Bayamón’s monitoring center and to license-plate-reading vehicles, alerting them when a stolen or wanted vehicle enters the area. Arocho said several carjackings have been carried out on motorcycles and are being investigated with federal authorities. Captain Raúl Negrón, director of the Bayamón Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC), said no single organization has been identified, unlike a gang that operated in the east years ago, and that individuals are committing the robberies.
One recent case was reported on November 10 in front of the sports complex in the Riviera neighborhood in Bayamón, where the municipal government and private security will add cameras.