Posted on 03/31/2010 4:53:19 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A recent Rutgers University graduate who was expected to start law school in the fall is clinging to life after he was beaten into a coma while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico.
Joseph "Zeke" Rucker and a friend went to the popular vacation spot two weeks ago to celebrate his graduation, but hours after they arrived the 21-year-old was found severely beaten about 40 feet away from the hotel's pool, CBS3.com reported.
"He has two huge skull fractures in the back of his head and he has internal bleeding in his brain and hematoma," Rucker's father Joseph told the Philadelphia station.
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I highly encourage people to pay attention to this and if anyone has plans to go down there, think again.
Have to wonder if he slipped on the pool coping.
He is still on vacation?
Let’s re-write that from:
Recent College Grad From New Jersey Beaten Into Coma on Vacation in Mexico
to:
Recent College Grad BEATEN INTO COMA, WHILE ON vacation in Mexico
or
Recent College Grad IN COMA, FROM BEATING, WHILE vacationing in Mexico.
And by the way, Cancun is fairly safe or no more dangerous than East L.A.
Watch where you are going and who you talk to.
What’s a “coping”?
There is crime everywhere. There is no indication this has anything to do with the drug trade. It probably isn’t a good idea to sleep outdoors in ANY PLACE you aren’t familiar with. We have been to Mexico many times. Never felt unsafe. Now would I go to one of the border-area war zones? Not on your life, but Cancun, Cabo, and other tourist regions are no more dangerous than Chicago.
Hotel was filled with drunk spring breakers.
I hope that kid pulls through, but chances are he had too much to drink and either fell or was beaten by other spring breakers. The cops in Mexico are probably more concerned about being beheaded than some drunken gringo.
Been there twice, will never go there again or any other place in Mexico for that matter.
Its a rounded up stone to keep dirt and waste water out of the pool but that’s not important right now
We take a three day Enseanda trip every once in a while on a cruise ship we don’t get of the ship got the pool all to ourselves
Down here (Alabama Gulf Coast) it is not uncommon for partying spring breakers and other vacationers to fall from condo/hotel balconies. Just wondering if that is a possibility or not here.
Not with the injuries he has.
I’ve visited there as well and even though this might not have been Cartel behavior, tourists are preyed upon every day regardless of where you are in Mexico. Last year someone tried to pickpocket me in Tequila. Even relatives of mine who live there advise against wearing jewelry, and straying away from tourist spots. The cops there aren’t your friend.
I have traveled the world and have traveled in countries during States of Emergency there.....that said, Mexico is OFF of my list.
Anyone who thinks it is safe is in serious denial and needs to reassess their objectivity.
I expect lots of Mexican bashing in this thread. But someone want to look into how many deadly beatings occured here in the US last night? My point is whether you are here there or anywhere, there are bad people and places. And most of this stuff happens when you are out drunk in the middle of the night. But hey let’s indict an entire country and people for something that rarely happens in Cancun but happens daily in Atlanta Chicago NY LA etc.
... shrug
Their government encourages their people to break our laws and use dollars from those illegal activities as a major source of revenue. Why any Americans would reward that behavior with tourist dollars is beyond me.
“There is crime everywhere. There is no indication this has anything to do with the drug trade. It probably isn’t a good idea to sleep outdoors in ANY PLACE you aren’t familiar with. We have been to Mexico many times. Never felt unsafe. Now would I go to one of the border-area war zones? Not on your life, but Cancun, Cabo, and other tourist regions are no more dangerous than Chicago.”
According the the press down there, you’re wrong. These reports can be found. We haven’t had any beheadings in Chicago...yet. They’ve had several in Cancun & Cabo.
Keyword: NAFBPO
Here’s the one from today.
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El Universal (Mexico City) 3/29/10
10 youths executed in Durango
A group of 10 youths traveling in a pickup en route to receive education assistance in southern Durango state came upon a false check point presumably manned by narcotraffickers. Preliminary reports are that when the group refused to stop, they were attacked with grenades and all were killed. The youthful victims were listed as: four brothers, 19, 17, 13 and 11; two brothers 21 and 19; two girls, 8 and 15; and two boys, 15 and 16. The federal Secretary of Government, Fernando Gomez Mont, condemned the crime, calling it a “brutal act” and that “the federal government shares the pain of the Mexican families”
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El Financiero (Mexico City) 3/29/10
Fear follows families to Texas
[Apparently reporting from Fort Hancock, Texas] Many Mexican families are settled in the areas down river from El Paso, Texas, or have sent their children across to escape the fear of living in the violent areas around Cd Juárez, just across the river. Nevertheless, the fear comes with them. Criminal gangs have followed and use subtle tactics of intimidation. The message is, “We know you are here.” In the schools of Fort Hancock and other Texas towns, it is already a routine to counsel students about matters of security and to help those who have lost their parents. ”I have friends whose parents have been assassinated,” said one of the high schoolers, “It’s traumatic.” He no longer feels safe in the schools. ”I try to remain calm, but everything frightens me a lot.”
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El Imparcial (Hermosillo, Sonora) 3/28/10
Five police arrested for trying to free prisoner
Federal authorities reported the arrest of five municipal police agents from San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, who attempted to free an arrested cocaine dealer. Mexican soldiers were assisting the agents with a convoy in transporting the narco. En route to the Department of Justice offices, the driver of the vehicle containing the prisoner and five policemen reportedly gave a “hand salute” to the military escort and attempted to flee. Immediately the convoy came under attack, in which two soldiers and a civilian were wounded. After they repelled the attackers, the military captured the fleeing police at a checkpoint.
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Fractures to the back of his head might be consistent with slipping on the edge of the pool.
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