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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 02:48 PM


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Heavily tattooed Mexican deportees and their American skinhead former cellmates are the least favored group of people in Baja norte. The Mexican deportees are particularly despised and are usually treated better by white expats (like you and me) than their own. [Edited on 11-5-2011 by Woooosh]


I understand these deportees are guys one does not
want to run into, I imagine they are DESPERATE.
Spend time in a US prison, tossed across into TJ
with a few $ in their pocket


then are dumped by the thousands at the turnstyles in TJ. I think most just cross back to the USA within 24 hours or so. The rest are men without a country for the most part. They re-group with other rejects from the prisons and find a way to survive. They usually don't have work papers, not that anyone would hire them. They do speak perfect English and some will prey on the goodwill of the more vulnerable. They aren't all bad, they just made really horrible choices so far in life. It's a huge social problem in every border city where these criminal deportations happens.




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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 03:10 PM


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when i said to the thankful driver, "cuanto tiempo aqui?"

i was surprised to here, "tres horas!!!!"

it's time like these......:light:


So the poor man was being passed by Mexicans on the Transpeninsular for 3 hours before a Gringo gave him gas? South of El Rosario? That is only about 20 miles from San Quintin, where the friendly Mexicans are.
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edit: i guess me recounting this "story" that prolly never really happened as long as you weren't there, right?

what's your point, other than the obvious one on the top of your head! i'm not stating anything as fact, other than what was told to me by a guy on the road to nowhere....

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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 03:14 PM


All the time anywhere I have been in Mexico I have found the Mexican People as a whole to be most helpful of anyone. every time I have needed roadside assistance the AMERICAN plated vehicles will blow you off the road as opposed to the locals stopping to help. If I had to demonize the local MEXICAN People the way some on this board do you would see me blow your doors off as I HEADED FOR THE BORDER
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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 03:16 PM


yep! the farther from the border, the better the soul-both Mexi and Gringo....



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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 03:43 PM


Gods...I love this Off Topics today. Feisty. Bruising. Mengano'ous.

Oh...whoops...this is General Baja Discussion!




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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 03:57 PM


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Gods...I love this Off Topics today. Feisty. Bruising. Mengano'ous.

Oh...whoops...this is General Baja Discussion!

If this happened on the way to the toll road from San Diego the Tijuaneros on their way home to Playas de Tijuana are the culprits. Very aggressive and don't stop for dogs or people in the street either. It's gotten better since they widened the roads... kind of.

Your toll road ticket is your travel hazard insurance. Some vehicles enter and exit the toll road at exits that do not require payment- so they are not covered. We had our windshield cracked by a rock in the repaving area and they said they would pay for it... but please come back and speak to the inspector about it-- manana. lol


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[*] posted on 11-5-2011 at 06:10 PM


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professor Dennis today! ... thanks for the sociology lesson.


Psychology. Not Sociology.







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Can I combine power and anonymity and make a case for that being the cause of aggressive driving in Mexico then?


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( I guess all driving is anonymous in Mexico because no one assumes the plates on your car actually belong to you. )


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[*] posted on 11-8-2011 at 06:45 PM


Reminds me of driving in La Paz, I stop at crosswalks for pedestrians, here in Ojai, and everywhere. I like being courteous to people in crosswalks. The drivers of La Paz, all, and I mean all honked at me, fliped me off, yelled, and generally gave me chit. In a hurry to go nowhere. Just a plain lack of civility, says it all. I didn't care I still stopped.
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[*] posted on 11-8-2011 at 07:04 PM


805gregg

Are you sure you weren't in La Paz Columbia.




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