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mcfez
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Extorting just Gringos
I was reading another post...and saw part of this question there....and felt is was a bit of a overkill about San Felipe.
So I post this question to anyone who has been in San Felipe:
What's your experience with any San Felipe law enforcement?
I myself have never had any negative issues arise. Fact is...the cops downtown have been outright friendly.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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mtgoat666
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Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Extorting just Gringos
What's your experience with any San Felipe law enforcement?
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never even talked to a cop in san felipe - just talked to a couple soldiers at road blocks.
if the are "extorting only gringos" then that seems fair. gringos got more money than locals. i am all for progressive fees.
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DENNIS
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They extort everybody at the right time. Tell a Mexican that extortion is reserved for tourists [gringos] and, if they weren't so gracious, they
would laugh in your face.
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DutchmanAZ
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My first post here and it has to be this...
Progressive anything is NOT fair, nor is it equitable. Fair is us Gringos paying the same as the residents.
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nbacc
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Never had any dealings with them so far. nancy
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by DutchmanAZ
Progressive anything is NOT fair, nor is it equitable. Fair is us Gringos paying the same as the residents. |
That blanket statement doesn't work. There are accepted variables.
Welcome to BajaNomad, Dutchman.
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bajalou
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Have been stopped several times in San Felipe, always for something that I did - run the stop sign, speed, etc. The police always requested me to go
to the police station to pay the find. I always did. I have never been asked or hinted for mordida. Each time I was at the station there were
several Mexicans there paying fines but no other Americans. Never been stopped for something I didn't do.
Have been stopped on the Fed. highway 5 and told to slow down, but 2 Mexican plated cars stopped with me were ticketed.
That my 16 year experience here.
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area
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Jim/Liisa
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2 Easters ago I got a ticket for running a stop sign wich I did not!
The cops where right behind Me and I knew this! Some idiot Mexican on a quad continued right through an alto sign after I had stoped and tried to
procceed so I stopped again and there lights went on.
So I pulled over and tried to explain to her what happen, gave Her My drivers licence She spoke no english, so the other cop came over and He did. I
explained again no good. Yet they where right behind Me? Had to follow them to the Station.
Then had to wait 2 hours for the clerk to get back from lunch. The whole time I was worried that my ticket was going to be expensive.
The ticket was only $13.00.
So on a Holiday be cautous and let the B###ds cotinue to brake the law if you are American or Canadian you are the one who will get pulled over. By
the way thats all they had in at the station was Americans.
[Edited on 02-05-2011 by Jim/Liisa]
[Edited on 02-05-2011 by Jim/Liisa]
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CDB
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So far my interaction with the police(both federal and municipal) in San Felipe have been positive. Even when I was having a dispute with a Mexican
business owner and landlord. Unlike the horror stories I have heard, they were courteous and patient with my lack of Spanish language skills. The
outcome was even in my favor.
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MitchMan
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Quote: | posted by goat
if the are "extorting only gringos" then that seems fair. gringos got more money than locals. i am all for progressive fees. |
That's funny, man.
For those of you who think that la policia pick on gringos only, have you ever tried to look like a Mexican as much as you can to reduce your mordida
extortions? Just a thought, works for me.
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Over the last 15 yrs., my Mex travel has been limited
to San Felipe. I too, have never talked to an SF cop. I
believe the smallness of SF lends itself to less of
a mordida mentality. I think the SF cops know the
importance of Gringos to their economy, especially
the El Dorado residents. I have read of Mexicali traffic
stops, which, knock on wood, I hope to avoid.
I'm sure Mex Nationals deal with this often, though
probably with a less costly mordida request
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I have been a regular visitor to San Felipe for 7 years and have never had any interaction with the Policia there except to say hello when I see them
on the Malecon. I've had 1 friend pulled over in Mexicali (for speeding) who did get the mordida "bite" and another friend who was pulled over for
speeding in Mexicali (he wasn't, I was in the car right behind him) and the cop tried to put the bite on him, but left when I pulled over and parked
to wait for my friend. So I know of experiences like this in Mexicali, but have never heard of it in San Felipe.
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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David K
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First trip through San Felipe in 1965 (as a kid)...
First trip without parents driving my own car in San Felipe was in 1974...
A zillion trips between then and now (last trip through San Felipe was July, 2010)...
0 contact with police.
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805gregg
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I avoid the polica, they are all corrupt.
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I've never been stopped by a cop in San Felipe and I can't remember ever talking to one.
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In my 23 years of traveling to Baja I have had no bad experiences with the cops in San Felipe or anywhere else for that matter. I have had my car
searched once by municipal cops in Rosarito, there was nothing to find...they sent me on my way with a smile. Last year I interacted with Federales
when my friend had an accident....they were not only professional but very helpful too.
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Skipjack Joe
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I think part of the problem with stop lights is that their laws are different than ours. In the states you are allowed to enter the intersection on a
yellow light as long at you're not still in it when the light turns red. Mexican cops will ticket you if you enter the intersection on a yellow light.
Or perhaps the yellow light is so short that it changes to red before you come out.
I'm not absolutely sure of this but that's how I now drive through Ensenada and no longer get cited for that infraction.
Never had problems at San Felipe.
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Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Mexican cops will ticket you if you enter the intersection on a yellow light.
I was thinking about this very subject, did a little looking,
can't remember where I read it, but it did state a flashing
yellow intersection light means stop, do not enter intersection
But I would be careful not to be rearended by a Mex local
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I was stopped in San Felipe a couple of years ago for blowing a Stop Sign. When I
asked, "what Stop Sign", the officer took me by the arm and marched me back to the intersection to show me the sign. When we got there he found there
was no Stop Sign. I guess somebody had stolen it. He let me go.
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DENNIS
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajorge
I was stopped in San Felipe a couple of years ago for blowing a Stop Sign. When I
asked, "what Stop Sign", the officer took me by the arm and marched me back to the intersection to show me the sign. When we got there he found there
was no Stop Sign. I guess somebody had stolen it. He let me go. |
Now, Jorge....you know some of the stop-signs are invisible. They can see them, but we can't. It's a very spiritual thing, those signs.
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