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Whale-ista
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American Motorcyclist missing in (mainland) MX
not Baja, just reminds me of the challenges facing family/friends looking for missing travellers anywhere In MX.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/08/world/americas/missing-america...
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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willardguy
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a beginner rider alone in a dangerous area, lets hope for the best!
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805gregg
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This is covered more extensively in the ride reports on ADVrider, hopefully he will be found OK
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Marc
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If he's in Michoacan and off the main roads, then.....????
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Ateo
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My buddy just got back from Michoacan. We joked about how Mexico "is soooo dangerous". He had no issues.
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willardguy
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you do know michoacan is roughly the size of west Virginia ? im sure he scoured it!
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Ateo
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he grew up there and did traverse the whole state during his trip.
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grace59
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Saw this online today.
http://www.quadratin.com.mx/sucesos/Localizan-presuntamente-...
Not sure if this is him or not, but someone must be looking for this person.
[Edited on 2-11-2014 by grace59]
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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DENNIS
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I think it is:
La descripción del desconocido coincide, al menos en los tatuajes, con la de Harry Devert: “Complexión delgada, moreno claro, ceja poblada, nariz
recta, mide 1.70 metros de estatura, tiene dos tatuajes, uno en el brazo izquierdo parecido a un corazón y otro en la mano izquierda al parecer las
letras mayúsculas MA”.
Harry Devert
"La descripción del desconocido coincide, al menos en los tatuajes, con la de Harry Devert: “Complexión delgada, moreno claro, ceja poblada, nariz
recta, mide 1.70 metros de estatura, tiene dos tatuajes, uno en el brazo izquierdo parecido a un corazón y otro en la mano izquierda al parecer las
letras mayúsculas MA”.
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The description matches the unknown, at least in tattoos, with Harry Devert: "Build thin, light brown, bushy eyebrow, straight nose, is 1.70 meters
tall, has two tattoos, one on his left arm like a heart and another in the left hand apparently uppercase MA
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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motoged
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Rough translation....looks like the guy:
URUAPAN , Mich. , February 7, 2014 - . . A young man came out of the American Union aboard his motorcycle, in order to cross Mexico in its unity , was
found unconscious and seriously injured in the city of Uruapan , in streets the downtown area , reports the portal process . The information describes
the early hours of last Tuesday an ambulance of the Red Cross picked up an unconscious man at the center of Uruapan and moved to Uruapan General
Hospital " Dr. Daniel Pedro Martinez . " The description matches the unknown , at least in tattoos , with Harry Devert : " Build thin , light brown ,
bushy eyebrow , straight nose , is 1.70 meters tall, has two tattoos , one on his left arm like a heart and one on the left seems capitalization MA "
hand. Harry Devert , a wanderer who decided to cross Mexico Motorcycle Kawasaki- green color , NY67SD6 plates , was missing since January 25 in
Michoacán. Devert , who fed a travel blog entitled " A New Yorker Travels " , get on your bike intended to Brazil to witness the World Cup and then to
Ushuaia, Argentina , the last point walkable America. Harry The last message was received by his girlfriend Sarah at 15:18 pm that day by WhatsApp : "
They just escort one and a half outside of an area that looks like it was very dangerous for me to be . I stopped eating and I finally have Internet .
Soon I'll be back on the road. Apparently there is another military convoy waiting in another town ... I'm a little late for this folly of soldiers
... I hope to write tonight when (hopefully ) finally arrives. "
Don't believe everything you think....
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Uruapan is no more freakin' dangerous than Pomona. The issues in Michoacan are between LCT, SSP, and self-defense groups. A common criminal can "want"
your brand new 4X4 with 24" gold plated wheels, cany orange paint, 24 lights across the rollbar and mural of a snorting bull mounting a cow. He'll
pull out his brother in law's .45 you lose your truck and Los Caballeros Templarios get the rap.
I can give you a recipe for going inside Uruapan, Juchitan, or Oakland, California and find yourself dead inside 15-minutes. Until and unless the
minutiae of the victim becomes known, speculation is about as worthless as a 1985 100 peso coin. "Motos" are coveted in Mexico. I have never owned one
yet I know this because I don't close my eyes andscratchmyass before doing something new or going somewhere new. I have met plenty of double-digit IQ
travelers in Mexico that needed a keeper. Stuff like this is going to happen and it's going to CONTINUE to happen TO SOME PEOPLE.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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motoged
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David,
I scratched my ass with my eyes open....and my coveted moto was still stolen  .
It happens ALL OVER the planet for all sorts of reasons by all sorts of people.
This unfortunate rider will have a story to tell....if he survives his beating....
[Edited on 2-11-2014 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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DENNIS
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The article didn't say anything about his bike......or much else for that matter. 
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motoged
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Dennis,
The article is about a tourist found beaten....the moto issue is a side story...another Canadian couple murdered in a home robbery in a tourist
"enclave" south of Guadalajara a few days ago ....crime reports are endless ....but certainly not just in Mexico.
Don't believe everything you think....
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paranewbi
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Just 2 cents worth here...
No one on this board or any other knows more about Michoacán than David E does. I've surfed there many times since the early 70"s and have spent hours
talking to David about his home town. I'll let him reveal the acquisition of his knowledge but I will offer it is trustworthy. I keep my mouth shut
and listen. Even if his passion about the place implies a sense of superior opinion. It actually is superior.
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chippy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
David,
I scratched my burro with my eyes open....and my coveted moto was still stolen
. It happens ALL OVER the planet for all sorts of reasons by all sorts of people.
This unfortunate rider will have a story to tell....if he survives his beating....
Where does it say he was beaten?
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dtbushpilot
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I assumed that he had been in a motorcycle accident when I read what GED posted.
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Dennis,
The article is about a tourist found beaten.... |
Well...I didn't know if he'd been in a wreck or what? In fact, I thought he was history.
Anyway....hope he makes it.
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motoged
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It appears that the rider encountered difficulty with locals and was escorted out of an area somewhere in Michoacan....he posted a note to someone
after that and then was out of communication with home...was reported missing...and then was found unconscious in the street in Uruapan...apparently
due to an assault.....
This is not a motorcycle issue. Perhaps more about misadventure or just bad luck.
Don't believe everything you think....
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tripledigitken
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I just saw a TV interview with David's mother with no mention of this report.
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