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Ken Cooke
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Do "Banditos" really exist?
Just like the Chupacabra (Flying Bat Blood sucker), do roaming mustachoed men on horseback with big sacks really exist? Has anyone ever seen one in
person? Or, is this just Baja and mainland folklore? 
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bajajudy
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Si estan aqui.
Cuidado
no vienen aqui
muy peligroso
muy mal
muy...............
mucho mejor
[Edited on 4-27-2006 by bajajudy]
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Diver
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Never seen them on horseback but have seen a few modern ones driving old Toyota pick-ups with "Got Baja" stickers !!! 
Watch your beers !!
[Edited on 4-27-2006 by Diver]
(I can't spell either)
[Edited on 4-27-2006 by Diver]
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Barry A.
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Ken----
-----rent "The treasure of the Sierra Madre", and come to your own conclusion-------and they don't need no stinkin badges, either.
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mulege marv
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yes they do
Want what you have
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Osprey
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There came a time when I had fallen in love with Baja California and feared losing it to the hordes from the north. I vowed that if I saw a great
increase in traffic I would grow a moustache, put on some bandoliers and rape some nuns. What a clown I was. I coulda just got on the radio or the
TV and gave warnings about kidnappings in TJ. Some nuns are tough.
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Oso
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Off the coast of Somalia one rarely sees the Jolly Roger or peg-legged men with parrots on their shoulders weilding cutlasses, but there are pirates
nonetheless. Bandoliers, big sombreros and horses may be out of fashion, but the "cuerno de chivo" (AK47) is very much in fashion and there are
places like rural Sinaloa that I would be very nervous about traveling through without a large convoy. The mustache is a matter of personal taste
among bandits.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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comitan
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Years ago while staying at a beach on the Mainland called Tenacatita(Jalisco) we were exploring every area we could find, on our ATV one day while on
this dirt overgrown road there in front of us was this Mexican on horseback, with rifle everything menacing, all he said was " you do not belong here"
we exited rapidly. I don't think he was a Bandito, just a Farmer protecting his crop ?
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Marinero
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Mexico, United States, Europe......everywhere. Of course they exist, pendejos ser? pendejos.
Si estás buscando la person que cambiará su vida, échale una mirada en el espejo.
Fish logo from www.usafishing.com, used w/permission.
But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
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TMW
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A few years ago near Valle de Trinidad there were some armed bandits stopping prerunners before the Baja 500/1000 races. It lasted a couple of years.
Haven't heard of anything recent.
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djh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Some nuns are tough. |
Osprey... You are cooking them wrong...
On a serious note, however...
It seems all of the Banditos (both in the US and Mexico) are now way to busy in Washington DC and D.F. to ride horses or shake down individual
tourists... And they don't wear bandoliers and sweat in the hot sun... 3 piece suits and 3 hour lunches with big money interests....
For the times they are a changin'.....
djh
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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bajalera
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The guy trying to climb over our fence last Saturday night didn't have a pointy-crowned sombrero or a rifle. But it's unlikely that an 11:40 p.m.
visit qualifies as a social call, so I'd say he was probably a La Paz bandido.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Barry A.
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Lera-----
somebody needs to talk to these folks and to let them know that they are out of costume (regalia?)------after all, we all know what banditos are
supposed to look like, and I say that they better "get with it" or there reputation will be ruined----and who ever heard of one coming over a fence???
Disgraceful!!! Things they are a-changing.
By the way, do you happen to know if the Mexican drug lords wear bandoleros and pointy sombreros?? If so, this new proposed liberal "law" will change
all that------nobody will know who is what!!!
What a mess!!! and if the proposed law goes thru, what will happen to all the army check points??? No mas neccessario???
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bancoduo
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banditos
It is spanish for robbers. It is not some folklore movie character. Don't be misled Baja is a dangerous place nowadays. Don't let the developers
bullchit you. The worst banditos are ex-cops and present cops.
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bancoduo
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ken cooke
Vested interest. JEEP DEALER:moon::moon::moon::moon::moon:
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Oso
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"banditos. It is Spanish for robbers."
Actually, it is not. At least there is no such word in my unabridged LaRousse. There is a listing for "Bandido", however.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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thefishaholic
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Have to share a story that happened while I was building my house in Cabo. (1997)
I had to run to the local lumber yard at lunch one day and left my (framers) bags ( over a $100), a speed square, tape measure, skil saw, level,
hammer and a large framing square.
I returned and some one ripped me off!!
I had left the tools right out in the open and we had no fence or security measures.
I guess someone needed a hammer as that is all they took.
In the whole time I was there ( 2 1/2 yrs) other than mechanicos (boat) ripping us off, and coyotes selling charters that we did not authorize, we
never lost a dime and were helped many, many times by locals in Cabo and up and down the Baja.
232 beers til Baja
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Bob and Susan
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"232 beers til Baja"
10 days?
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baitcast
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Banditos
Reminds me of the time in the mid 60,s while camping in front of PaPa Fernandez house,a typical noon day scene,cool breeze,kids playing in the water
and I and mama kicked back in the shade.
Life was good and I was nearly asleep when my wife said "there is somebody coming" visitors were very uncommon so I took a look and
my god its a group of banditos armed to the teeth on horse back headed straight for us,my first thought was the kids,where will I hide the wife.
Upon closer inspection they turned out to be federal troops on horse back!!! with a couple of jeeps,I held my breath,what did I do? should
I run for it ?  they talked to PaPa for awhile and turns out they were
looking for two bad guys on horse back
BAITCAST
Just another great day on the gulf.
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bajalera
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Oso, I thought banditos were short bandidos, and that being height-challenged is why these guys wear the tall pointy hats.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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