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Car hijacking

absinvestor - 3-5-2014 at 08:13 AM

Not sure if I am posting this in the correct forum so if incorrect please feel free to move or delete. I received an email from the person that runs MexicoRVForums. I believe he is dependable and not one to spread rumors. He said he heard from a long time friend that (last week) their Blue Jeep was hijacked at gunpoint on Hwy 200 near Mazatlan. The incident happened about a week ago. His friend was using the Jeep as a tow car and it was being towed at the time of the hijacking. In addition to losing the car he had important papers in that car. His recommendation was to scan documents ie passports, insurance policies, tourist cards, temporary vehicle imports etc and to email them to yourself so in the unlikely event your car is stolen/hijacked you'll be able to access copies of the documents.

Udo - 3-5-2014 at 08:38 AM

Thanks for the tip.

I have done the same with the ap "google documents".

absinvestor - 3-5-2014 at 09:25 AM

I misquoted the area. The hijacking was in Michoacán south of Manzanillo on Hwy 200. The email also mentioned getting SpotTrace which is a device that when hidden anywhere where there isn't medal between the device and the sky sends position every 5 minutes when moving and every 30 minutes thereafter. It costs $99 and $99/year. Personally I have always felt that if my car got stolen I would prefer insurance money to retrieval but guess that would depend upon the condition of what is retrieved.

BajaBlanca - 3-5-2014 at 12:40 PM

Bummer.

dasubergeek - 3-5-2014 at 01:20 PM

Hm... that still doesn't compute. Manzanillo is in Colima, not Michoacán, and it's 90 km from the Michoacán border (and 45 km from Jalisco).

Pompano - 3-5-2014 at 01:29 PM

I read about this as it happened...and then this follow-up from the victims of the car-jacking. Terrible news for RVers and any tourist.



http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/2754...

dasubergeek - 3-5-2014 at 03:33 PM

OK, retracting my previous statement—but if you're going to post a link, it helps to make your statement believable. :)

That said... what a horrible thing to have happen. It definitely can happen anywhere, and they did the right thing—it's just a car.

mtgoat666 - 3-6-2014 at 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by dasubergeek
That said... what a horrible thing to have happen. It definitely can happen anywhere, and they did the right thing—it's just a car.


Michoacan has been in the news lately as one of the areas where vigilantes are waging war against cartels. Is it even advised for gringo tourists to be in that area?

dasubergeek - 3-6-2014 at 08:12 AM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666
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Originally posted by dasubergeek
That said... what a horrible thing to have happen. It definitely can happen anywhere, and they did the right thing—it's just a car.


Michoacan has been in the news lately as one of the areas where vigilantes are waging war against cartels. Is it even advised for gringo tourists to be in that area?


No, but ninety-nine out of a hundred gringos couldn't pick out Michoacán on a map of Mexico, much less the Tierra Caliente where the issues are most concentrated. The entire state save Morelia and Lázaro Cárdenas is under a non-essential travel warning. So is Morelos, though, and I'm going there on Wednesday.

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