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bajabound2005
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San Ignacio Military Checkpoint
was HELL today. We came southbound from Ensenada. There were maybe 10 vehicles ahead of us....not moving. Everyone was out of their vehicle. It's
hot and humid at 4:00 p.m. We wait and wait. Two cars move on and we move up 10 feet. We finally realize they are inspecting every vehicle and
every occupant is being removed from the vehicle and "interviewed" by the Ministerial Police. We (and everone else) had to produce photo ID, car
registration, be fingerprinted, photographed and all your info info entered into their computer with their one finger typing (so "processing" one
person took about 10 minutes). It took us 1 hour and 10 minutes to get through there. They checked VINS, etc. Interesting...and of course, great
for tourism.
[Edited on 3-17-2009 by bajabound2005]
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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woody with a view
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are you alive? maybe there is a coincidence? you should be glad they are trying SOMETHING.
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shari
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Wow that's weird...do you mean the san ignacio south of Vizcaino? Was this going on at the little police tent just before the military stop? Usually
they only search vehicles going north at that checkpoint...must have been looking for someone in particular??? they usually do check registration
there though...VIN numbers etc...but never seen fingerprinting before.
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ckiefer
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This have anything to do with the missing person reports?
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Baja&Back
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Feel bad for you. Our caravan got waved right through the other day. Must have been something specific going on right then!
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Bajahowodd
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Never know which side of the bed el commandante gets out on. Last June, we had a similar situation there. In December, nada.
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bajabound2005
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Yes, San Ignacio south of Vizcaino. They had a special thing set up, a trailer, like one of those mobile offices. Someone said it was because the
governer was going to be in San Ignacio last night to open the new stadium...the police set up looked more permanent then for a visit from the guv.
By the time we cleared that checkpoint the traffic was backed up for a couple of miles (headed south).
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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bigmike
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Why didn't you sic the attack dogs on them!! They would have let you right thru!!!
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shari
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make sure you bring extra beer along cause I heard from the bus depot guy that the delay yesterday was up to 2.5 hours...which totally screws up the
bus schedules.
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Russ
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bajabound2005, WOW.. 1hr 10min for ten cars is really bad! They sure could use some experienced barrio boys on the payroll. They could have stripped
10 cars and put them back in factory condition in half that time. I'm not trying to be cute. Holding the economy up like that should be reported to
the Tourist Dept. or the Governor.
[Edited on 2-24-2009 by Russ]
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rpleger
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b-tch when they do something...b-tch when they don't...
What makes you happy
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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DianaT
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Will be interested to hear more as the days go on if this continues----not fun!
Thanks for the warning
Diane
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
b-tch when they do something...b-tch when they don't...
What makes you happy |
end of discussion......
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bajabound2005
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Hubby talked to one of police officers today in the store. Officer said it's a permanent situation but they will be moving around. In Baja Norte, he
said they would be concentrating on airports.
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elfbrewery
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what's the info for?
We were surprised by the men in white shirts and ties, too. Took an hour to get through. We were in group of four vehicles. What is "weird" about this
is each driver got finger printed and photographed, however, the documentation they requested was not presented by most of the drivers. My spouse
provided insurance papers, passport, driver's license, registration/title info..., but the other 3 drivers had almost no papers. The men didn't seem
to care? Do they have any authority to do otherwise? It all seems so strange and we never received anything to prove we submitted our info. What is
all this going to prove?
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Bajahowodd
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Wow! Fingerprinting drivers. Only thing I can say is that the location noted is sort of a pinch point between Pacific and SOC.
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fdt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
b-tch when they do something...b-tch when they don't...
What makes you happy |
It is a shielding program designed by the state of Baja California Sur and it looks to be permanent. It is part of the program known as "Baja
California Sur Estado Seguro"
With an initial investment of 70 million pesos these shields will check fingerprints and make digital images of people entering the state by land,
sea or air (starting on main entry points/ports) the first half of that ammount was spent on the port of Pichilinge were people arriving to the state
have theire prints checked, theire picture taken, and id's are screened to verify wo is entering the state, if they have outstanding warrants in BCS
or other states. They check vehicles for theft reports and so on. The San Ignacio shield is the first to go up on land and the next ones will be at
airports like La Paz, Loreto and Los Cabos. These shields will be fully staffed with personel from army, marines, PGR, Municipal (in the case of San
Ignacio, Mulege) and Federal.
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
It took us 1 hour and 10 minutes to get through there. They checked VINS, etc. Interesting...and of course, great for tourism.
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Border waits and having to show documentation thru out the years did not deter tourism from California.
Hey, they might enroll people on a Baja Sentri program soon.
http://www.bcs.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=...
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
b-tch when they do something...b-tch when they don't...
What makes you happy |
We like what they are doing, only just do it to the OTHER guys....
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shari
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we kinda have our own style of Sentri...the police who check papers of cars at the san ignacio checkpoint just wave us through cause they know us...so
maybe locals who the cops know wont have to stop.
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bajaguy
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Let's get more of these checkpoints set up!!!
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