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Yes of course the police don't care. You're just another gringo.
First off don't pay any local thugs anymore money. The people with the most knowledge available to you are probably the cab drivers IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD (this part is important) as it happened in. Look for where cabs are hanging out together. Supermarkets, malls. They may not be marked as taxis. Unofficial taxis are just as good if not better for this purpose.
If you really want the laptop back, offer a reward over and above what the cab driver can probably buy it for. A few hundred dollars will motivate the shit out these people and cab drivers will hustle hard to make a buck.
The cab driver will also probably try to rip you off if he can find it, by saying it's costing more to buy, so you'll have to pay him more. I'd consider maybe just offering a big chunk up front, say $500 for the laptop no questions asked.
Good luck.
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