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doradodan
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Assaults on vehicles between Mexicali and San Felipe
Three weeks ago while driving from Mexicali to San Felipe about a 1/4 mile south of El Major someone threw a 5 pound rock at my car hitting the
windshield on the driver side. The rock penetrated and nailed me in the chest, I awoke in the ditch. My vehicle fortunately stayed upright. I was
able to get back on the highway, dazed I asked 3 Mexican guys in a 80's model blue chevy s-10 to help me, not realizing these were the guys that
probably were the culprits as when I asked for help they looked at me and smiled and took off, I think they took off because 2 gringos stopped to see
what had happened.
Turns out this has happened to other people as well and the federal police are patrolling more in that area.
This ocurred at 1:30 p.m. I suffered a cardiac contusion and fractured sternum 5 days in El Centro ICU.
Hope they catch these guys
[Edited on 11-11-2009 by doradodan]
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bajalou
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Thanks for the report. Living in San Felipe, I hadn't heard of this before.
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Cypress
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Jeez! Glad you made it. Must have been one terrible experience. It'd be nice to able to drop the hammer on those dudes.
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BajaWarrior
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Catch those scumbags and hang em' high. I travel that highway often and have never had a problem, yet.
I will keep a better eye out for such activity. Thanks for the heads up and I'm happy for you doradodan that you are with us today and able to report
this incident.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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FARASHA
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Or drive a Hummer across them - unbelievable this things seem to get worse.
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baja829
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Not to diminish what happened to you, this should have been entitled "ASSUALT", since it was one incident. If however, more than one occurred, they
should be listed as well. All information of this type is extremely important and pertinent. You are indeed fortunate that you were able to survive
such a senseless and stupid attack and you are wished a speedy recovery.
Of late, the biggest problem on this highway has been excessive speed. Several people were killed over the holiday, in just one accident - riding in
the back of a pickup, when they were rear-ended by an SUV. Mexicali has assigned a substantial number of additional police all along the route and at
this point are ticketing for speeds in excess of 55. This will make the trip longer, but safer for drivers and not too attractive to those types who
have bad intentions. I truly hope yours was an isolated incident, as we have always been more concerned with driving around LA than Baja, but as we
read these posts, times are changing.
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Hook
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Read the original post closely. It had happened to others recently, according to the victim. I suppose he found this out when he dealt with the
police.
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Ken Cooke
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Thanks for keeping us aware of these incidents. I'm glad you survived and are well enough to type about it.
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wornout
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Hook, thanks for straighting out why the word is justified being plural in this case. It always amazes me why people don't 'RTFQ (Read The Friggin
Question) before shooting off criticism.
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by doradodan
This ocurred at 1:30 p.m. I suffered a cardiac contusion and fractured sternum 5 days in El Centro ICU.
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Oh man, I bet it doesn't tickle to laugh, cough, or ... breathe.
If you feel the urge to sneeze come over you, be sure to shout out: "Quick, I need a hug". This will help to splint your chest and should lessen the
pain. Plus, you deserve more than a few hugs after this ordeal. I'm sorry you've had to suffer because of something so senseless.
And 1:30 in the afternoon sort of blows the whole Baja traveler's credo of how it's not safe to drive at night.
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Iflyfish
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Thanks for the heads up!
I am so sorry that this has happened to you. Terrrifying! This crap makes me want to spit
Iflyfish
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fdt
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Me too
I have not traveled that road in some time, but I know the feeling of frustration of knowing that some idiot could do that at any time. I was
particularly scared because during the past year working at the Kearny Mesa area some P-nche .gr..gos were doing the same thing
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050810-9999-1m10b...
This was over a bridge and it got worse when some lady was killed by a rock thrown from another car arround our area
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/05/28/news/sandiego/21_...
http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=F53C7BA...
http://www.10news.com/news/5080336/detail.html
I was pretty bad, apparently they arrested or said that it was the son of the mercedes dealership in La Jolla that was responsible. Nothing else was
said. Con tanto dinero, callaron a la prensa, we thought to ourselves. p.nch..s put.s. As for the bridge rock thower, nada se supo.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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MICK
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I have traveled that road many times in the last three years at all hours. We have a house just north of there. Two weeks ago we were going down at
about 11:30 at night and about a mile north of there a car was pulled off the side of the road. It was a old blue station wagon They blinked their
lights at us like they wanted us to stop but We kept going. There was a house only a few hundred yards away and I figured that if they needed help
they could walk. I hate to leave people who are broke down but at thet time of night I don't think it is wise to stop unless you can clearly see the
people in need.
Anywhere you travel you have to use common sense. I wouldn't have stopped in the states either in the same curcumstance.
I hate to hear about this happening in our area. I wonder if anyone has a discription of the car they were in. That area is a small community and if
we had a discription I could get the word out. I think the good local people would help to catch these people. If anyone hears anything let me know
and I will talk it up around there.
Mick
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MICK
I wonder if anyone has a discription of the car they were in. That area is a small community and if we had a discription I could get the word out.
Mick |
"a 80's model blue chevy s-10"
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Capt. George
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until the federalies start kicking some ass. this will continue and get worse.
Baja and its people will ultimately suffer the consequences.
hope the feds and local policia wake up. gp
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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MrBillM
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Been There Before
Back in the mid-late 80s, there was a rash of night-time assaults on vehicles travelling between Mexicali and San Felipe. The bad guys were, at
times, blocking the highway forcing drivers to stop and then robbing them. I don't recall ever reading about anyone being arrested, but the events
finally died off. Nevertheless, that's when I stopped driving that highway in the late hours. No point in taking a chance.
[Edited on 12-2-2006 by MrBillM]
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BajaWarrior
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These incidents were also happening on that same stretch of highway but closer to the sand dunes at Laguna Salada about 12 years ago. My neighbors
Joe and Karen in Playa Hermosa were pulled over late at night, he was driving, she was sleeping in the back of their van. He thought it was the police
as they had a flashing red light on their vehicle. They made him get out of the van and they took most of the contents and left the van. They reported
it in town to the police, and from what I was told, not too much after that they arrested two Policeman from El Golfo for these crimes against Joe and
Karen and others that had been robbed.
It was just after that, that the Army showed up and started inspecting vehicles. Many Nomads here remember the Army post at the sand dunes.
So its odd that none of the Army checkpoints aren't manned right now.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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meme
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Its a Mexican Holiday again Due to getting the new presedent in so maybe like the election time the Army doe not work? I thought it was only one day
but some busineses are observing two days.
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bajalou
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I've heard no army checkpoints in operation in Baja right now. Is it possible they were sent to Mexico City to control any problems that arose from
the inauguration?
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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gnukid
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I was assaulted by banditos in the same manner, just one year ago, this time of year on the road from La Paz to Los Plannes only about 4km out of La
Paz (soriana) just past super mini palapa tienda, on the same I road I drive every day. It happened on a friday night at 8pm. I had picked up some
friends and it was their first day here on their way to La Ventana for a honeymoon. I saw some people at the edge of the road waving flashlights and
trying to get cars to pull over off the road. I was slowing down to see if I could help then I realized it wasn't looking good, that is they didn't
look like regular folks and seemed drunk so I decided I wouldn't be stopping for them and I sped up as I passed them they hurled large boulders
exactly at my position in the driver's seat. Glass flew everywhere and unfortunately into the faces of my friends and I but I realized we survived and
I continued to the next tienda to call police and on to our destination.
I thought it was odd that they choose to do this so close to the town and stores but when I told the store owners and police they said yes there doing
it more and more often? It's crazy that mexican police in la paz are inept and complacent about crime-many are criminals.
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