Paisanos hassled at Sonoyta!

navigator: Thank you for your post. Too often some of the posters start to stand up for Mexico and post all kinds of statistics. But many of those posters are just tourists and never see the real Mexico. Mexicans only complain when it is really bad. Like when the water dept. leaves them with no water for months! Or the corruption is rampant. Like when a Governor leaves office and empties the treasury!

Moisheh

The last thing a Mexican wants to do in Mexico is get involved with the authorities, specially if they are visiting from the US.

Once you get involved, the authorities tend to turn things around and blame you for what ever charges they can trump up and make life miserable for you, no one wants to have several months of dealing with lawyers and jueces (judges), every year they play goody for the press and advertise that they will stop the corruption, it looks good on TV and papers but that is all nothing gets really done, specially the customs agents at the Sonoyta check point, they are the most corrupt in all of Mexico.

Canadians and Americans do not get hassled because they do complain and make a racket and that is not good for the business of graft from the paisanos.

There is actually more government corruption now than 40 years ago, it is just not so open and blatant, in the valley of Mexico City they hired women as transito cops (traffic cops) the reasoning was that they are not as corrupt, it turns out that they are worst and the bribe is double what a male cop asks, so the paisanos are not better, but worst in the end.

Buy the way these are facts! I do not sugar coat anything for the benefit of the turista.

How do I know I speak with the people that drive for a living, the taxi drivers and when at least 5 or more relate the same facts, they know the situation.

navegator

WM> You missed the point of my posting that link. Yes this has been going on for years. Other than the current Presidente the head of state used to appear at Nogales proclaiming this year things will be different and they will have zero tolerance for corruption! There is even a toll free # for the Paisanos to report problems. It all falls on deaf ears. The Pasanos are an important factor in Foreign income. They deserve better treatment. Hassling may be the norm but that is wrong!

Moisheh

That's been going on for years. Former nationals going back to visit relatives in Mexico are targeted around Christmas. Americans and Canadians don't get bothered.