Crime Problems In South Baja California Sur
No, this is not a cookie-cutter cut n paste from the consulate. I paid attention to this because my Mexican friends are talking about it and the news has hit the radio and newspapers. There has ...
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Mexico is NOT THE UNITED STATES. when convenience stores are robbed or cars jacked employees are not marched into a back room and executed down here. How many dozens of incidents where a savvy tourist like MEXICO KID who used to post here coughed-up a convincing looking phony wallet to an armed robber and they take it without comment?
Robbers are robbers but it would cause a sensation down here if a robber became angry after scoring wallet watch and jewelry then became angry and abusive if the wallet was not loaded with cash.
Your urban myths are as groundless as "Robbers who return miles to the scene of a carjacking because the engine stalled". If a robber opens a wallet in front of the victim and the victim sneers and laughs there are no guarantees.
Reality versus imagination sometimes has a wide median in between. If a crook injures or kills a US citizen the cop pressure increases like 10,000%. Robbers know this. And robbers like carjackers are live bait in CERESA the prison.
The answer is to leave expensive watches, jewelry, and extra cash in the rig. And don't try and turn this into something it isn't. It is an attempt to save people possible financial grief. Not scare people with runaway thoughts of Hannibal Lectur and the Doctor Mengele Kid rides again.
Most tourists are dumb as a stick. I see it all the time. Wallets bulging with cash. Expensive (like thousand dollar plus watches sometimes) rings with two carat diamonds, rubies or sapphires. Like fresh ground organic peanut butter in a mouse trap.
Some folks like using multi-thousand dollar cameras and lenses. They are at risk down here.
Just like with carjacking - defend by starting off with common sense preparation. There is no need to avoid the capes or La Paz. There is every reason to not be air-headed and baste yourself like a Christmas Goose.
Robbers are robbers but it would cause a sensation down here if a robber became angry after scoring wallet watch and jewelry then became angry and abusive if the wallet was not loaded with cash.
Your urban myths are as groundless as "Robbers who return miles to the scene of a carjacking because the engine stalled". If a robber opens a wallet in front of the victim and the victim sneers and laughs there are no guarantees.
Reality versus imagination sometimes has a wide median in between. If a crook injures or kills a US citizen the cop pressure increases like 10,000%. Robbers know this. And robbers like carjackers are live bait in CERESA the prison.
The answer is to leave expensive watches, jewelry, and extra cash in the rig. And don't try and turn this into something it isn't. It is an attempt to save people possible financial grief. Not scare people with runaway thoughts of Hannibal Lectur and the Doctor Mengele Kid rides again.
Most tourists are dumb as a stick. I see it all the time. Wallets bulging with cash. Expensive (like thousand dollar plus watches sometimes) rings with two carat diamonds, rubies or sapphires. Like fresh ground organic peanut butter in a mouse trap.
Some folks like using multi-thousand dollar cameras and lenses. They are at risk down here.
Just like with carjacking - defend by starting off with common sense preparation. There is no need to avoid the capes or La Paz. There is every reason to not be air-headed and baste yourself like a Christmas Goose.
