03-07-2023, 01:47 PM | #1 |
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Soooooo, I never ever want to hear about innocent people getting hurt but.....
1-I would never go there for a medical procedure 2-I would never drive across the border I know this was allegedly a case of mistaken identity. I just feel like this is one of those things that "you should have known better" |
03-07-2023, 02:42 PM | #2 |
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03-07-2023, 02:52 PM | #4 |
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I've been to Mexico City, Cozumel and Tulum and never really found anything dangerous or very troubling personally. Yes there are shady areas there but stay low key, don't flash cash and you'll be fine.
Now, on the other hand... a bordertown is a place no one has any real need to visit... watch Sicario.
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I havent been to Mexico since 2006-ish and unfortunately that is probably the last time I'll ever seen it. My wifes friend has family up in the hills who had relatives hung from telephone poles, trees, bridges etc b/c they WOULDN'T join the cartel. |
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Have you been to Los Angeles or Chicago?
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Lol, this!
So apparently one of them went to get a butt lift and the other two went in to buy pharmaceutical drugs to possibly smuggle back into the states Sounds like a clear case of eff around and find out. edit: photo attached of one of the victims..sure looks innocent to me... photo attached courtesey of yahoo news https://news.yahoo.com/official-2-am...151323450.html
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I lived in McAllen in 1981, it seemed pretty safe south of the border for late night parting with girl friends and such.
I went back in 1983 to visit friends, totally different vibe. I can’t Imagine now! |
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My god this is starting to look like the Yahoo news comments section. You guys do realize we live in a far more dangerous country than Mexico right? And relative to the total number of tourists that pass through the odds of being kindapped are insignificant right? I find it strange that as soon as an article is published by the news that sensationalizes crime in other countries, people immediately fall for it. And don’t give me the do not travel stuff from the state department. If the US could rate itself, it would probably be a do not travel country itself. I’ve been to Mexico 17 times and will continue to go.
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Just a perfect example of when I went to an urgent care center not long after the fallout of Covid... the first question was have you traveled to China... umm no, but I traveled to Miami which at the time was the epicenter of the pandemic all over the news... lol... often it's perception that matters more than reality here.
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My best friends good friend went traveling through Mexico - disappeared - was finally found dead. Very sad.
I’ve been - the touristy areas seem fine - TJ - not so much. It’s another Latin American Country besieged with cartels - so you have to take that into some kind of consideration - like many parts of central and south America - it is what it is. |
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Wife's family used to go all the time to TJ for dental work. I never understood. They didn't seem to save enough to justify the trip expense.
ME personally, for the type of dental work they were having done, there is no way I want to travel in the back of a car for 3+ hours after waiting to get thru the border for 1.5 hours as the novo wears off. But I'll travel with my wife/family as a tourist any day.
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