Posted by KRICO on January 04, 2001 at 07:09:56:
In Reply to: POLICE SHAKEDOWN posted by BLAZERS on January 03, 2001 at 17:45:28:
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Nothin' like a little strong-arm robbery to make one feel "jaded and paranoid". Yours was certainly of the classic, legendary paradigm. Most of us over a period of time learn to relax amongst our neighbors to the South, only to learn that the government down there is more dangerous than the "rateros en las calles". (I hear the MXers up north here, bitch more about the MX government than anything else...as the source of problems in MX) My one "bad experience" in TJ (big bucks pickpocketing at AB) has certainly taken the bloom off the rose for me... I wonder if the cops are more hungry for gringo dough after Fox put the official word out, that robbery and extortion of Mexican Nationals returning home for the holidays, would not be tolerated. As you point out, this trend could be seasonal... Hopefully, your experience will be the one "enlightening" that doesn't strike ya twice. Rule of thumb:Look like a bum.... |
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