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The city of Calexico concerned over jeep thefts

CALEXICO.Calif(KYMA)- The city of Calexico says it's seeing more stolen jeeps in the city.

Calexico police say at least 19 stolen Jeeps were seen in Calexico since September.
One was stolen from Calexico.

The rest were stolen from Brawley, Riverside County and Los Angeles.

“Based on on the reports and the investigation that we’ve done their scout cars that go out and I think they they pre-identify the jeeps are going to steal and then they’ll just go and then though they use a machine to break into the car re-key another key and then it overrides the system they started, and then they leave because usually we find a breaking broken window on the jeeps," said Jose Cuellar, with the Calexico police department."

Some of the Jeeps are taken to Mexico. There have already been multiple arrests.

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