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Canadian couple travelling in Mexico terrorized by armed bandits, vehicles stolen
The Canadian Press ^
| Apr 11, 2010
| Ciara Byrne,
Posted on 04/11/2010 10:03:13 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:03:13 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Anyone who goes to Mexico is stupid. The place is a dangerous hellhole.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:04:37 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
To: george76
Bandits are famous for honoring their agreements/s
To: george76
The days of “Mexico” and “tourism” legitimately occurring in the same sentence should be WAAAAAYY over by now. People who go there and wind up ripped off or dead have only themselves to blame. It’s Rwanda 5 minutes from San Diego. No fixing it any time soon, either.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:11:05 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: george76
Vander Byl always assumed they'd be safe. He said there has always been an understanding between the bandits and the government to leave the tourists alone.Prolly an Obama voter............ yeah, yeah, I know, he's from Canada.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:11:42 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Obama is a failed experiment.)
To: george76
Vander Byl always assumed they'd be safe.
Stupid. Now available in industrial strength.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:12:37 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Frantzie
Me too. I’ve had quite a few opportunities to go to Acapulco, Cabo, et al.; this was long before the present problems with the drug cartels. No way. The only Spanish speaking country I would go to (actually go back to) is Spain.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:13:42 PM PDT
by
fatnotlazy
(Never forget!)
To: george76
Canadians are good people.....but just have that Liberal Globalist idea that all people and nations are good. It ain’t so
I feel bad for this couple....but anyone traveling to the Third World porta-potty called Mexico is taking a huge risk
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:14:56 PM PDT
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(JD Hayworth for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com)
To: george76
Looks like they should have thought ahead and carried a duffel bag with heads in it.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:16:53 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: george76
After seven years of travelling to Mexico, Vander Byl said he likely won't return. They are lucky to return to their home alive. Many tourists to Mexico have not been that fortunate.
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To: george76
"He said officials in Mexico took him and his distraught wife through a maze of misinformation. They were required to provide copies of the Canadian-issued ownership for the truck and trailer.""The couple were then told they would have to prove that the truck and trailer were legal to have in the country, and would have to go to the point of entry in Mexico and retrieve the original documentation allowing them into the country."
"Eventually, the couple gave up and abandoned their vehicle. They took the bus to Monterrey, where the Canadian consulate issued emergency passports and the couple left by plane, landing in Ottawa on April 8."
Looks like the bandits who stole their truck and camper
were the Mexican Government
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:21:39 PM PDT
by
DaveTesla
(You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
To: Frantzie
I grew up in South Texas and Mexico was dangerous twenty years ago when our family quit going there.
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:24:34 PM PDT
by
El Laton Caliente
(NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
To: SpaceBar
I have traveled around Mexico for years by car. In the old days the only thing that would happen bad was la mordita, which is a bribe and translates as “the bite.”
The mordita was not much and I really enjoyed traveling the country. I never felt unsafe until the last 10 years.
I am a white gringo and my wife is Mexican from Mexico and we are both bilingual. Today the only way we will go to Mexico is via plane and only to certain secure areas. Unfortunately those secure areas are where all the tourists go. We do not go there very much anymore. It is to damn dangerous!
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:27:00 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
To: george76
Some people are way, way beyond stupid, and that is meant specifically for, but not limited to, American citizens who venture into North Korea, Iran, Mexico, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and possibly China.
To: george76
rigid bureaucraticYes, rigid rules called Mordida. (the Bite)
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posted on
04/11/2010 10:30:44 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
To: matthew fuller
I forgot to mention Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia and Massachussetts.
To: matthew fuller
John McCain is trying his best to add Arizona to that list.
To: Irish Eyes
"John McCain is trying his best to add Arizona to that list. "I don't think that he's gonna matter much after next Nov/Jan.
To: matthew fuller
From your lips (keyboard) to God’s ears.
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