Travel Alert [Mexico]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs - Travel Alert ^ | August 20, 2009 | n/a

[xcamel]

Baja California Sur, the capitol of which is LaPaz.
The favorite place to play which is Cabo San Lucas.
Highest standard of living, and lowest level of violence of any state in Mexico.

[Gay State Conservative]

There is *NOTHING* that Mexico has that I want and there's *NOTHING* located in Mexico that I wish to see.

That's always been the case for me...and always will be.

[Ditter]

I have never been to Baja. I heard it was nice, glad it still is.

[AuntB]

Forwarded by NAFBPO today:

Mexico ranked 16th most violent country in the world (10 in Latin America and we worry about the middle east!)

Critica (Hermosillo, Sonora) 8/18/09

Mexico’s “CIDAC” (Center of Research for Development, an “NGO”) has published a 16 page Spanish language document which states that Chihuahua, Baja California and the state of Mexico head the list with the most homicides, vehicle thefts and executions in Mexico; it adds that, on a world scale, Mexico ranks 16th with the highest index of violence and crime among 115 nations. The study sets out that the nation’s gravest problems are “the non-existence of an integral vision that might emphasize prevention; the lack of professionalism of police and of agents charged with carrying out justice; a penal system without transparency re discretion and corruption as well as an extremely high impunity rate which reaches 98.3% (the probability that a person who breaks the law may have to face a judge is 1.7%)”

The entire report [ we have not translated it; it’s in the Spanish language ] from CIDAC is attached. Page 7 of the report lists the 16 most violent countries of the world. Ten of these are in Latin America or the Caribbean. The report was also found on the front page at www.cidac.org.

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