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elgatoloco - 11-16-2009 at 01:21 AM

http://host.elvigia.net/noticias/?seccion=elvalle&id=209...

Cyanide41 - 11-16-2009 at 07:20 AM

and for the bilingualy challanged:


San Quentin, B. C. - Three Americans who camped in the area of Cielito Lindo reported being assaulted by a pair of gunmen who robbed them of cash, credit cards and personal documents.
The report of the violent assault was made at 19 pm last Friday by employees of the hotel that bears the name of the affected area camping.

The Municipal Police of jurisdiction said that according to testimony of the three Americans, the alleged assailants arrived aboard a pick up.

There were two men carrying handguns (pistols), which threaten these tourists, forcing them to look down.

According to the statement made by foreigners, this action was intended to prevent the observed and could provide the characteristics of offenders, and therefore only realized it was a pickup truck with square pockets, and such unit was lost in an unknown direction.

Without quantifying the amount of the lost, those affected have been removed settled in cash holdings (dollars), a digital camera, credit cards and passports.

Aware of the fact, preventive police jurisdiction and elements of the Rapid Reaction Unit (URI) undertook the task of finding the criminals, without any positive result.

Spokesmen for the municipal corporation said that the absence of further data on the affiliation of the alleged assailants hindered their work.

While operating undertook the search, the preventive elements Americans channeled to the Agency of the Prosecutor's Common Law, that filed the lawsuit in question.

DENNIS - 11-16-2009 at 07:23 AM

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Originally posted by Cyanide41
a pickup truck with square pockets,




Well, that should be easy enough to find.

monoloco - 11-16-2009 at 08:00 AM

Focos quadrados are square headlights not pockets.

arrowhead - 11-16-2009 at 08:49 AM

There's another article in today's El Vigia that says Baja Califiornia has twice the national average crime rate.

http://host.elvigia.net/noticias/?seccion=generales&id=5...

Before the rah rah people come back and tell us all that it just the narco wars and that ordinary individuals who are minding their own business have nothing to worry about, they should actually read the article. It describes Baja California as being in first place over all of Mexico for home robbery, car theft and kidnapping.

Martyman - 11-16-2009 at 09:07 AM

Did this happen at the Cielito Lindo campground next to the hotel or was it down at the beach camping near the old breakfast joint (Buzzards?)?

Cyanide41 - 11-16-2009 at 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by Cyanide41
a pickup truck with square pockets,


Well, that should be easy enough to find.


:lol: It's the latest and greatest in today's modern truck.
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Originally posted by monoloco
Focos quadrados are square headlights not pockets.


You are correct. I have never even heard of Focos being pockets. Blame Google.

I have never thought about this before, but what do you call a male seal?

Keri - 11-16-2009 at 09:12 AM

Talked to Cielito Lindo this morning. the men were camped out on the beach not at gypsys or the hotel. The robbers have not been caught. k:mad:

arrowhead - 11-16-2009 at 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by Cyanide41
I have never thought about this before, but what do you call a male seal?


foca macho, foca varon

David K - 11-16-2009 at 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by Keri
Talked to Cielito Lindo this morning. the men were camped out on the beach not at gypsys or the hotel. The robbers have not been caught. k:mad:


You mean where Gypsy's used to be, right? I thought the RV park closed down and is some oyster processing plant now or was that just the Wet Buzzard since Laura left?

Keri - 11-16-2009 at 09:37 AM

Yes David the old Gypsy's. just easier to explain that way. The guys were somewhere out on the beach. and yes it is an oyster plant,k

David K - 11-16-2009 at 09:49 AM

Thanks Keri... that's what I thought... I just didn't want someone to go way out there looking to stay at Gypsy's nowadays... We had many times back in 2001-2004. The indoor camping was great, as it always seemed to rain when we went there! Miss Laura's breakfast burritos, too!


Laura and Sarah in 2003

Keri - 11-16-2009 at 10:58 AM

David. I can't tell you how much we miss Laura's burritos. Loved her lunch burritos. But I do have good news. Cielito Lindo is doing breakfast burritos for a dollar every morning. They are great too. Stop in and try them sometime when you are cruising through.Look to see if we are at our place . We are the orange house/trailer on the front row. Can't miss us,k

DENNIS - 11-16-2009 at 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by arrowhead
It describes Baja California as being in first place over all of Mexico for home robbery, car theft and kidnapping.


I wonder how it compares with Ciudad Juarez and the rest of Chihuahua. I wonder if anyplace compares with Juarez.
Hard to imagine.

monoloco - 11-16-2009 at 03:15 PM

It's been an epidemic here in Pescadero for years. 3 of my neighbors have been robbed in the last month. Everyone knows who it is ( he has been caught red handed several times) and the police refuse to do anything. One of these days somebody(hopefully) will take the law in their own hands.

fishbuck - 11-16-2009 at 05:24 PM

Some guys got killed camping on that beach about 10 years ago.
It's a dangerous place at night.

Bajahowodd - 11-16-2009 at 05:34 PM

The article was not very expansive. Inasmuch as Cielito Lindo is far off the main highway, I just have to wonder if these guys had been followed. Maybe they were spotted flashing cash around earlier. Even somewhere other than San Quintin. I don't know. San Quintin is not known for crime problems, and random, periodic crime can occur just about anywhere

As far as crime rates go, who would not expect that Baja California would have a high crime rate? Historically, it is where those seeking to enter El Norte congregated. Sadly for a place like Tijuana, which has myriad reasons to be proud if itself, once you become the staging area or the holding area for huge numbers of desperate poor people ariving from elsewhere, the civic fabric tends to become frayed.

GC - 11-16-2009 at 05:43 PM

Two of us stayed in our truck campers at Los Olivos (sp?) campground, next to Jardines, both on the way South and on the return North, earlier this month. They closed the gate at night and we felt secure. Dinner at Jardines was great. Not a good idea to camp in that area in other than an organized campground.

Bajahowodd - 11-16-2009 at 06:06 PM

Slight hijack here, but Jardines Restaurant has to be the best of San Quintin.

shari - 11-16-2009 at 09:09 PM

when I asked locals about camping on the beach there...I was told NOT to do it under any circumstances..not safe....sounds like campgrounds are a bit safer though.

fender - 11-16-2009 at 10:24 PM

the closer you are to the U.S. ... the worse it gets. hmmm

arrowhead - 11-17-2009 at 12:54 AM

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Originally posted by fender
the closer you are to the U.S. ... the worse it gets. hmmm


Yep, until you actually enter the US. Then it gets a lot better. You don't suppose all those illegals are dying crossing the desert into the US for nothing, do ya?

tripledigitken - 11-17-2009 at 02:47 AM

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Originally posted by shari
when I asked locals about camping on the beach there...I was told NOT to do it under any circumstances..not safe....sounds like campgrounds are a bit safer though.


Back in the late 1980's when we started camping in Baja we were told the same thing.

Next time you head south of San Quintin look at those beautiful Sand Dunes and long stretches of beaches all the way till you turn "left". There is a reason you seldom see campers on that stretch.

Ken

k-rico - 11-17-2009 at 09:01 AM

The first time I drove out the road to Cielto Lindo to spend the night in my camper (about 20 years ago I guess) I headed out to the beach. After setting up camp (opening the cooler) I noticed as the sun started to set a stream of old pick-ups with scruffy young men in them passing by heading back towards town, giving me the eyeball. Fishermen I guess.

I felt like a Bank of America branch office with the vault open in the middle of nowhere. I broke camp (closed the cooler) and headed back to Cielto Lindo.

It's a sketchy area, even for me, a resident of quaint and charming Tijuana.

[Edited on 11-17-2009 by k-rico]

Baja&Back - 11-17-2009 at 09:21 AM

When we stay at Palapas Alvinos on the beach in Pabellon, Fidel spends the night in an old camper shell on the hill to watch over us.
Talk about feeling safe!

Taco de Baja - 11-17-2009 at 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
Quote:
Originally posted by shari
when I asked locals about camping on the beach there...I was told NOT to do it under any circumstances..not safe....sounds like campgrounds are a bit safer though.


Back in the late 1980's when we started camping in Baja we were told the same thing.

Next time you head south of San Quintin look at those beautiful Sand Dunes and long stretches of beaches all the way till you turn "left". There is a reason you seldom see campers on that stretch.

Ken


Thought about camping on the beach in that stretch back in the late 1980's....Followed a road through a gully to the beach; right at the mouth was a large pile of women's purses that had all been cut open, I guess looking for hidden money pockets....:o. We went elsewhere.