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Zgringo - 8-17-2007 at 03:51 PM

I've heard horror stories about when Americans die in Mexico were the family has a major problem and end up paying under the table very large amounts of money to remove the body of a love one.
I could care less what happens to my body, but my family is very concerned how to get me out of Mexico. They want me buried in the family plot. I've been in Mexico 10 years and my question is:
Is there a way in advance to make preperations to have my body removed without having my family having to get involved in the under-the table payoff here?
What is the process for having a body removed from Mexico?

fdt - 8-17-2007 at 04:09 PM

Yes, there is a way to do that in advance, funeraria del Carmen in Tijuana does it.
http://funerariadelcarmen.com/
Ask for Hector Gonzalez, the owner.

Bruce R Leech - 8-18-2007 at 08:08 AM

If you die in Mexico call the american consulate right away and they are supposed to take care of it . if you are to dead to call then get some one to do it for you.

DENNIS - 8-18-2007 at 08:11 AM

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Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
If you die in Mexico call the american consulate right away and they are supposed to take care of it . if you are to dead to call then get some one to do it for you.

Good one, Bruce.

Sage advice Bruce but fdt's will probably get the job done

Baja Bernie - 8-18-2007 at 08:28 AM

Pescador - 8-18-2007 at 07:17 PM

Egads, they send you to Mexico for 10 years and now they are goiing to fight over the dead body. All they need to do is bring the station wagon down and prop you up in the back seat, wear sunglasses, and hope they don't make you get out at the military checkpoints.

edinnopolo - 8-18-2007 at 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by Zgringo
I've heard horror stories about when Americans die in Mexico were the family has a major problem and end up paying under the table very large amounts of money to remove the body of a love one.

Well, they can have my 200+lb. bod for free.

WHEN I DIE..........

woody with a view - 8-18-2007 at 09:34 PM

i hope they remember those good 'ol days of exploration.....

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woody with a view - 8-18-2007 at 09:37 PM

and if "THEY" can't wrap their minds around "that", well ******

cuz daddy only wanted to get wet!

[Edited on 8-20-2007 by Hose A]

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Zgringo - 8-19-2007 at 12:39 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
Egads, they send you to Mexico for 10 years and now they are goiing to fight over the dead body. All they need to do is bring the station wagon down and prop you up in the back seat, wear sunglasses, and hope they don't make you get out at the military checkpoints.

We only have 1 check point between here and Mexicali and I rent a house to the military guys that run it. I'll tell them they get 1 months rent free to let me go... what about crossing the border into the USA... any problems there?

Cypress - 8-19-2007 at 05:42 AM

Cremate my corpse and dispose of the ashes.

bajalou - 8-19-2007 at 06:43 AM

I was stopped at Los Algodones crossing and sent to secondary, then taken and locked in a small room while they checked under the seats in my van. Had a sleeping bag and they thought it might have contained a dead body. They told me they catch quite a few people trying to bring bodies into the USA.

Zgringo - 8-20-2007 at 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by bajalou
I was stopped at Los Algodones crossing and sent to secondary, then taken and locked in a small room while they checked under the seats in my van. Had a sleeping bag and they thought it might have contained a dead body. They told me they catch quite a few people trying to bring bodies into the USA.

Ok I guess my question is...If you have a death certificate can you bring a body into the USA to be delivered to a morturary?

My problem is my sister and kids think I'm crazy for living here in the first place and think I'm unconsiderate to not even care what happens to my body. Myself, I really don't care, I'll be dead.

[Edited on 8-20-2007 by Zgringo]

loretta - 8-20-2007 at 05:23 PM

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maybe some of the memorials in this thread are failed attempts to get across the border
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=26342

:tumble:

CaboRon - 8-21-2007 at 06:54 AM

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capn.sharky - 8-21-2007 at 10:45 AM

When I die and they lay me to rest....going to the place that I love best....Put my ashes in the Sea of Cortez and recommend me to the Spirit in the Sky.