Article on Crime in Mexico

I'd agree with the article. I feel WAY safer in Mexico then in the States.


In Australia we've had many articles and news stories on the gun violence in the U.S and the dangers involved in visiting the country. One article questioned how long before the Australian Government puts travel warnings similar to third world countries for aussie travellers.



Of course I could be shot and killed tomorrow here in mx. Ya get that!

Crime in Mexico

It's ok. Relax! I feel safer in Mexico then in Australia too. Less likely to get shot in Australia then the US as well.

Detroit? If its anything like LA, Newark and Sydney, I'll pass.

We had a high profile case over here where two local cops were caught breaking into a house. Turns out there were responsible for numerous breakins over a three month period. They even found their stash house with many items from the gringo households. However, all that the victims were allowed to view were pictures of what was supposedly recovered, not the actual goods. It became obvious that many of the big ticket items were already gone.......or possibly not being photographed.

They also force people to produce a purchase receipt for EVERYTHING they claim. Well, some of these items were 20-30 years old. Even expensive clothes were stolen and who keeps receipts for clothes? Sixteen months later and no one has gotten a thing back. I imagine the recovered goods will dwindle even further as Christmas approaches.

Of course the police charge exorbitant amounts for simply filing a police report; up to 50.00 US. Then, there's the interpreter you have to hire, if you dont speak Spanish. An interpreter for EACH visit to see what hoop you have to jump through NEXT to get your goods back. And then do this X 2, as you typically need to file with the state police, too.

Locals cant afford to file charges. Yeah, it's not 50.00 to them, but they arent going to pay for a report that will get no results anyway.

Oh, and the cops that were caught red-handed? They walked. Lost their jobs, but they walked. When they were finally caught they were breaking into the home of a Canadian. But the prosecutor dragged his feet on formally filing charges............until the Canadian left the country. You know, the old 6 months here, 6 months there routine. After he left, the prosecutor came out and said, the VICTIM didnt finish filing the proper paperwork to hold them. Of course, the victim had to show his FMT to initially file, so the suspicion is that the prosecutor just noted his expiration date........and then dropped the charges after that.

The fact that the eye witness to the breakin (his Mexican national gardener/house keeper who saw the breakin and called the police) was still here was immaterial to the case, apparently. The police were caught at the scene, gardener right there to finger them.

In one other previous breakin (not related), the victim was actually shown his recovered, stolen stereo equipment. But he had to produce the receipt which was in the States. 'Nothing can be released without the receipt, senor!' So, he went back to the US and got the receipts.........only to find that the stereo equipment was no longer in the police's possession. It had mysteriously disappeared with no explanation.

You really need to live down here to understand how it works.

Crime stats are a sham. Locals dont file and neither do the gringos after word gets around on how the system works. If it's a breakin, no one wants the police over to your house, looking over whatever you have left and determining how much you might pay to keep the case "open".

Low crime country, indeed.

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Originally posted by Hook We had a high profile case over here where two local cops were caught breaking into a house. Turns out there were responsible for numerous breakins over a three month period. They even found their stash house with many items from the gringo households. However, all that the victims were allowed to view were pictures of what was supposedly recovered, not the actual goods. It became obvious that many of the big ticket items were already gone.......or possibly not being photographed.