What’s mind boggling to me is that the social/economic system enables petty crime. There are is a “centro commercial” here in the Santiago district of Cusco that is largely a place to buy/sell stolen goods, but the authorities don’t seem to care. Also, in Calle Procuradores at the Plaza de Armas petty criminals and drug dealers hang out at night without any repercussions.

I imagine plenty of kickbacks keep the status quo in place…

We’ve had 2 people come by to “scope out” our house in the last few weeks, thank goodness we have Pitbull!