Posted on 06/05/2018 8:18:05 AM PDT by BBell
SAN DIEGO -- Like their fellow Americans in the coastal town of Bahia de los Angeles on the Gulf of California, Jo Anne Butler and Ray Ball kept returning, year after year, drawn by the small-town feel, the area's stark natural beauty, the warm waters that lapped almost at their door, friends said.
But the shooting deaths of the two U.S. retirees together with their dog early Saturday at their waterfront house south of town has shattered the tranquillity of this quiet community some 380 miles from the U.S. border. Sustained largely by tourism and fishing, Bahia has a year-round population of 1,000, but is also a part-time residence for more than 100 Americans, according to local authorities.
"We have no memory of having a shooting here," said Tom Mitchell, a San Diego resident who has had a home in Bahia de los Angeles for four decades. "This has taken it to a level that no one here has experienced."
Friends and authorities said Monday that the killings appear to be over a boat -- a 22-foot McKee Craft with a Yamaha 250 outboard motor that the couple kept at their house and frequently used for fishing excursions.
"It was an attempted robbery, and an individual went to defend his property, and that's when they shot him," said Octavio Lopez, the delegado, or top local government official, in a telephone interview from Bahia de los Angeles. "This is the first time we've had something like this happen."
A neighbor who remained fearful and asked that his name be withheld said he had been awakened at about midnight by gunfire that "sounded like somebody pounding on a metal roof." Looking outside, he saw a SUV pulling a boat toward the water, "and the thing just buried itself in the sand."
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Wasn’t it that weird movie “The Game” where Michael Douglas wakes up and asks where he is and someone answers, “ The worst place in the world, Mexico.”
Yes. Not a very good movie IMHO. Worth watching once.
LOL, same here. Once was enough!
I’m not defending Messico, but there is a reason why there are bars on nthe doors and windows. It’s because most of the people don’t use air conditioning and the windows are always open, even when they are asleep.
Brother-in-law is from Honduras and while he and my sister and their family will vacation in the Bay Islands, it’s a direct flight and he won’t step foot on the mainland. The country has been totally taken over by the cartels and kidnappings and pay for protection are now the norm........
I will never set foot in Mexico again. Screw that shithole.
Why would anyone voluntarily go to Meh-Hee-Co.
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The area in questions sounds beautiful.
It’s too bad the government is so corrupt.
Tejano...oh Ues!
“What is shocking to expats [from foreign countries to the US] I’ve spoken to, is the sliding glass doors on single story American homes. It looks to them like a standing invitation for burglary or home invasion.”
LOL!! Few of those expats understand the invisible wall most of us have around our houses, the 2d Amendment.
30 years ago my brother in-law got sick on a Mexican vacation. He was bathroom bound for three weeks and refuses to even speak about that trip
People over on the NC Forum are wondering whether you’ve died, rrrod. You should stop in and say something rude and crass ;-).
It’s spelled, mess-y-co.
I love the way shows like that make every area sound like a paradise, with zero crime. Toronto has a high crime rate, and they’re always showing condos in areas where it’s probably not safe to be out at night.
Lots of the Shows on HGTV are Produced by Canadians. Hmmmm
My daughter used to love to vacation in Mexico resort areas. No more.
ANY, and I mean ANY American that retires to Mexico are INSANE!! You can retire just as cheaply is places in FLORIDA and TEXAS where it is considerably SAFER with better Medical and Police!!
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