According to many, Mexico is more dangerous than afghanistan.
More beheadings, that’s for sure!
A REMINDER: “Dec. 13th the National Geographic Channel:
Narco State “
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4092/Overview
The reporter who did this piece spent months in Mexico and along our border was on radio this morning. She emphatically stated that the situation/terror/violence in Mexico and spilling over our border is worse than Afghanistan.
And how about Cancun...considered one of the ‘safer’ places in Mexico.
Seven women murdered in Mexico, one beheaded
Thu Dec 3 10:41:59 2009
Seven women were murdered in Mexico, including one who was beheaded in the southern beach resort of Cancun, authorities reported Monday. [snip]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399511/posts
Mordida, a common event in Mexico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375310/posts
Por Esto (Merida, Yucatan) 10/28/09 “Mordida”, a favorite extortion and bribe in Mexico In Cancun, Mexico, police stopped a driver, a visiting tourist, for an alleged “administrative violation.” Then they asked the tourist for up to $300 dollars so she could proceed without having a penalty issued to her. It turned out that the victim of this extortion was Michelle Fischbach, a state senator from Minnesota, who later presented a written complaint to the local authorities regarding the episode. Five Cancun “Tourist Police” officers are now under investigation for their personal attempt at extortion. “Mordida” (a “bite”) is a common...
Novedades de Quintana Roo (Cancun, QR) 10/16/09
Five abducted at market
A drug dealer suspected of stealing from his own gang was murdered in a market area in Cancun Thursday morning and 12 hours later, four people were abducted from the same area along with a hapless taxi driver who just happened to be there. The four apparent targets of the abductions were local venders who are believed to have been accomplices in the murdered man’s treason. A heavily armed group seized the five people without firing a shot and left in three vehicles.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369290/posts
I have never been there, unless you include Los Angeles ;-)
Yep, Mexico sounds safe to me, guys playing and singing songs while willing females wait on your hand and foot...