Theft at Laguna Mall

It's also a good idea to remove anything important from your wallet that you aren't going to need for any given excursion. For instance, I seldom need to show my permanente card for anything, so that mostly stays at home. And unless you are heading to an ATM machine, or not planning to pay for your groceries or dinner with cash, there's no need to carry your debit or credit card with you. And I never use my Canadian credit card in Mexico, unless I am booking a flight online, so that gets locked away as soon as I get back from my annual summer trip to Canada.

And I do the same when I'm in Canada- as soon as I get to where I'm staying, I cull out my wallet and my Mexican drivers license, Bancomer debit card, permanente card, etc, get left at home because I don't need them in Canada. Whatever can lessen the impact of a theft is worth thinking about.

I also have photocopies of everything and when I travel, I stash photocopies separately from the original documents. I once lost my passport somewhere along the way when driving up to Canada. I was detained for awhile when getting to the Canadian border, but had I not had the passport photocopy, it would have been a much bigger debacle.

You can park in that area but the guard will take note of your license plate coming and going. Perhaps there are no security cameras back there (yet)? I don't know if the front has them either.
imho, that's probably from where the perps escaped and this is just a knee jerk reaction.