[quote=desmond][quote=deadzone] As I have before, I challenge somebody to provide a link to an actual case. Last time I challenged the piggs to do this the crickets were chriping loudly.[/quote]
You can continue your trips to Baja DZ, but your continued denial of what is going on down there can bring harm to others. Here is a link, I am sure you will make some excuse about it:
Chris: Even Tyler still talks about the happy times… still talks about his favorite burrito shop.
Divinia: There were so many times that were good that completely outweigh the bad.
Chris: I know we’ve lost Mexico and we won’t go back… and we’ll leave it at that.
Divinia: It’s just gonna have to be something that was once upon a time for us…
Mexican authorities never investigated the Hall kidnapping.
In 2008, more than 1,000 kidnappings were reported in Mexico; at least 65 of those ended in death.
Desmo writes: Nobody wants to report it, victims, press, tourism departments, etc. The victims just want to get home and never go back.[/quote]
This post has some good points. Especially the part about victims not reporting the crimes. You do NOT even need to think about DEATHS or MURDERS or worst case scenarios. Just getting mugged or robbed is a scary thing. Forget about the worst case scenarios.
And that point is spot on target about crime statistics. FORGET about official crime statistics in many Latin American countries including Mexico. Sure, the murder #’s are probably accurate but the petty crime stuff and even the more serious stuff are NO WHERE near the true #.
The vast majority of people that get robbed in many Latin American countries don’t report it because they know there is nothing the police can or will do about it for the most part.
I always laugh when people try to throw out some random government statistic and try to make it sound safer than the USA! LOL.
The thing is in the USA people report almost every little crime. Look at the ridiculous police reports in the paper about people reporting something getting taken out of their yard, out of their car, etc. People in most Latin American countries would laugh at you if you told them you took the time to fill out a police report upon getting robbed, mugged, etc. It’s a waste of time.
So totally FORGET about whatever government statistic there is on crime in many of these countries INCLUDING Mexico. The real true #’s of crime is MUCH higher than what you read.
So always remember this when you read some government or “official” statistic on crime in these countries.
Remember something important. These countries can be and ARE fun and really great full of wonderful people. I”m not even saying there is a high probability that something bad will happen. But I think it’s always important to be objective in all these posts.
The plain facts are that the judicial system doesn’t really function in most of these Latin American countries. Or even if they do, they are plagued with a tremendous amount of corruption, fraud and abuse. So imagine someone that files a police report and then the thug retaliates against them or their family. MANY people don’t file police reports because they know the judicial system is fundamentally broken or corrupt.
I could tell you guys some true life stories that would make your heads spin. Trust me. The judicial system doesn’t work in many of these countries. Or if it does, it could be many many years later when it wouldn’t really matter.
