Did you ever wonder what happens to your car if its stolen? There's a good chance cars that are never found again end up in Mexico and Latin America and on Houston Police officer T.J. Salazar's radar.
"If I need registration in Mexico I can get it, " Salazar said.
Salazar is the head of HPD's International Vehicle Theft Unit. He says a recent search found over 3,000 cars stolen from the streets of Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami in Guatemala. It's the kind of statistic they are talking about in Houston this week. Police from Latin America and Houston are attending the fourth annual Transborder Conference at the Sheraton Brookhallow.
There is talk about drugs and gangs, but auto theft is a focus and so is way to deal with technology.
General Motors has sent a representative from OnStar. Police are getting a demonstration of the "Stolen Vehicle Slow Down." The service allows police to stop a car from from thousands of miles away. 50 cars, some in high speed chases, have been stopped.
Last week, police in Wharton told 39 News OnStar was used to locate a double murder suspect from Houston two hours after the shootings. Things don't always work that easily, especially when dealing another country.
"There are privacy issues pertaining to the subscriber, so there is a balancing act," OnStar Spokesperson George Baker said.
"If I need registration in Mexico I can get it, " Salazar said.
Salazar is the head of HPD's International Vehicle Theft Unit. He says a recent search found over 3,000 cars stolen from the streets of Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami in Guatemala. It's the kind of statistic they are talking about in Houston this week. Police from Latin America and Houston are attending the fourth annual Transborder Conference at the Sheraton Brookhallow.
There is talk about drugs and gangs, but auto theft is a focus and so is way to deal with technology.
General Motors has sent a representative from OnStar. Police are getting a demonstration of the "Stolen Vehicle Slow Down." The service allows police to stop a car from from thousands of miles away. 50 cars, some in high speed chases, have been stopped.
Last week, police in Wharton told 39 News OnStar was used to locate a double murder suspect from Houston two hours after the shootings. Things don't always work that easily, especially when dealing another country.
"There are privacy issues pertaining to the subscriber, so there is a balancing act," OnStar Spokesperson George Baker said.
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