See all the "capillas" on the roadside down here? Testimonials perhaps to beloved Juan who almost passed the eleventh car straight on that foggy night back in enero
Or Gancho who swore up and down it was safer for him to drive at night because he could see oncoming headlights further away. The other victim believed the same thing.
"Hey guys! Let's go score a Kilo!" Famous last worlds of many youngsters who were lucky. They actually paid for and got their wish but did not count on the seller meeting their obligation to the local cops by throwing them a bone. A three or four person bust could be counted on to generate twenty grand from their families.
None of this is "normal" yet USA newspapers insist on censoring out relevant details that would clearly depict the "tourist" as being screwier than a ****house rat.
At Playa Dorada some people arrived in a tent trailer. The next morning the marines were in their camp. A bale of marijuana had washed up on the beach and the marines had staked out an ambush. The new people had long hair, beards and tattoos. Instead of gazing at the bale, they had whacked off clumps of it and had taken them back to camp. When I had walked to within fifty feet a marina stopped me. "Do you esmoke marijuana?" I shook my head. I then asked an intentionally stupid question...
"Are these people dangerous?"
"Oh yes. They are marijuanos"
The reality was they were hippies who thought they had lucked-out and fallen into high-clover.
I pointed back to my camp
"I came here to fish but now I am worried. I think I will leave".
Cops and the military are incredibly polite to what they deem as tourists. I have had the federal police arrive at high mountain camps and act curious. "Have you ever seen the inside of a casarodante?" I invited them inside for a three minute tour. They actually enjoyed seeing what a rig consisted of and shook my hand all smiles before they departed.
Magazines can set cops off. Guns & Ammo and High Times do not belong in Mexico. if you are legit rolling your own cigarettes of tobacco. Keep your rolling papers by the can of tobacco.
USA pill bottles that have the Rx label are exempt from suspicion. Mexican hypnotics are rarely question but by law to be entirely legal boxes of Xanax or Valium need a xerox copy of a Mexican doctor's Rx and preferably a sales receipt.
It may seem corny but if a police or military patrol happens upon my remote camp I take the time to (gently!) shake the hand of each and every one of them and ask Agua? Coca? Some will say no, many will say yes. Most will take the time on future patrols to buzz on by to make sure I am OK. The new breed of police and military love to be treated (acknowledged) as being normal and appreciated.
