Surfer's Baja Tale Is Warning To Others (American Tourists Robbed And Raped In Mexico)

SignOnSanDiego.com ^ | November 19, 2007 | Terry Rodgers

[paul51]

Weber said feels guilty that he couldn't defend his girlfriend, and he keeps second-guessing himself about the decision to camp in an isolated area.

The dumb ass should feel guilty. If you want to put yourself in a dangerous situation without any means of defense, that's your business. To take someone along with you is pretty low. Too bad the girl was as foolish as him.

[monday]

“Heaven forbid you should use this experience as a lesson to GET A GUN.”

A guy got five years in a Mexican prison for trying to cross the border with some lose ammunition rolling around in the back of his pickup that he forgot about. DON’T GO TO MEXICO WITH A GUN

[LynnHam]

They advised people to travel in caravans of two or more vehicles and to stay in campgrounds .

I have heard this at least 15 years never go alone

[paul51]

Well, I guess that means stay home.

[goldstategop]

The police are all corrupt. It used to be you could buy your way out of a situation in Mexico but its gotten to the point where one can't tell the different between the cops and the crime gangs. They're all on the take and its been that way in Mexico for centuries.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Nice place I’m sure..but it’s not worth my life to get there.

[paul51]

DON’T GO TO MEXICO WITH A GUN

[joe fonebone]

"I don't vacation in Detroit either. "
...sissy..have lived here all my life, and we have a saying " Detroit, where the weak are killed and eaten"....

[DoughtyOne]

Apparently not.

[mallardx]

Old Pro, you get an automatic 5 year sentence for possessing a gun in Mexico. NEVER carry one across the border, many people that have accidentally driven to an entry port that have been searched and found with weapons get an automatic 5 year sentence - neither your attorney nor the U.S. State department can get you out, it is a nightmare beyond your wildest dreams. You certainly have the right concept, but everyone should be aware of the mexican laws, you can lose your life there easily either in prison or from being unable to defend yourself.

There was an article in Surfer magazine a couple of months ago - some California surfer dudes were robbed, shot, and left for dead by corrupt Federales south of San Diego. I myself am never going to Mexico again until they clean up the corrution there.

[BnBlFlag]

Yep. There was a guy in Texas who crossed the Border in his M.H. and had one round of ammo in it which he overlooked. He was senenced to years in Prison down there. It took months and hundreds of thousands of Dollars to get him out.
And now, he has a Felony on his record because of our Stupid Laws. So, due to having one bullet in a freakin’ Motorhome in Mexico, he is ineligible to own a firearm here in the U.S.
Thanks, Bush!

[xsrdx]

Forget the group hug, next time stash a gun in your RV to defend against these thugs. They are just like the pirates of the high seas and most boaters carry multiple weapons.

Nothing wrong with that, but from a practical POV these were multiple assailants with automatic rifles.

You'd have to be fast, and good to win even with a long gun, and there's a better than even chance everybody would wind up KIA.

Not a routine holdup.

[DoughtyOne]

Yikes. That was a pretty bad outcome. I hadn’t considered some of those ramifications.

[PeterFinn]

Just don’t go to Mexico. Period. And don’t let Mexico come to the USA. Period.

[whipitgood]

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, become (surfing) instructors”!!!

[Not A Snowbird]

Here’s a better idea. Don’t go to Mexico. It has always worked for me.

I haven't been to Mexico for twenty years, and even then I traveled in a group and went no farther down the road than Ensenada.

Scary place, Baja.

[wideminded]

next time stash a gun in your RV to defend against these thugs.

I wonder what would have happened if he had had to kill one or both of the attackers and then had to deal with the Mexican police and Mexican court system.

[Not A Snowbird]

And now, he has a Felony on his record because of our Stupid Laws. So, due to having one bullet in a freakin’ Motorhome in Mexico, he is ineligible to own a firearm here in the U.S. Thanks, Bush!

Do tell me how President Bush is personally responsible for that. Please.

[attiladhun2]

South Africa is another popular tourist destination to stay from. In 2005 there were 23,000 reported (and likely many more that were not) murders in a ppopulation of 40,000,000. That would translate into about 200,000 murders in the States. Another not-so-publicized fact is that even in Europe the police probably will not investigate the murder of a foreigner to the same degree as one its own citizens. You're better off vacationing in the good ole USA. BTW, Puerto Rico is not safe either, even though it is technically part of the U.S., and Hawaii has many high-crime areas (Samoan gangbangers will kill you for looking cross-eyed at them). I think I'll just stay home!

[Spok]

Mexico is a stinking, third world cess pool that makes its people take considerable risks to escape. The risk for us is that they’ll bring their problems with them.