BRKG Mexican border towns erupting

annieosage

annieosage

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We have a manufacturing plant in Baja. A couple of my coworkers were supposed to got his week but have now put that off. It's usually very safe but not right now.
 
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night driver

ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
I still say, someone needs to take Lt. Gen. Kurilla out, give him whatever is his poison of choice and lay out War Plan Green for him.
 
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Peter

Peter

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Anyone have skinny on Tulum (S. Of Cancun)? Have a free company trip in Oct and have to commit this week. I can always say no until on the plane but want to avoid the expense for the company and prefer to scrub it up front. Leaning that way currently. TIA
 
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Peter said:
Anyone have skinny on Tulum (S. Of Cancun)? Have a free company trip in Oct and have to commit this week. I can always say no until on the plane but want to avoid the expense for the company and prefer to scrub it up front. Leaning that way currently. TIA
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Tulum went through a really bad period but has gotten somewhat safer now. When we were in the Yucatan in May we drove past Tulum going to a cenote down that way. Probably fine. Unless it isn't. When down there ask around to the locals before driving at night. They will know what the current situation is.
 
Countrymouse

Countrymouse

Country exile in the city
Melodi said:
I suspect that if/when the warlord battles (some of which have included tanks and heavy weaponry) start to spill over onto US territory (and as I've said for at least three years if they are not stopped, they will). Then suddenly both parties won't be able to get funding for a serious wall fast enough. It may not be the Great Wall of China, but it will be militarized, though there will also be issues with "real" refugees and displaced people that will have to be dealt with.

Optics of shooting women and small children running from warlords trying to chase them into the US do not play well. On the other hand, a properly secured and defended border might be able to negotiate with Mexico for "safe haven" areas on THEIR side of the border which people could use to apply for US visas if they qualify and at least be somewhat protected if they don't.

In a really serious situation, you do a version of what Ukraine did - only women, children, and very elderly or disabled people are allowed to live in the protected areas. Boys get a choice of joining the military or leaving at say age 17 or 18 - those that don't qualify for the military can do some sort of national or regional service in Mexico (or the US if the US decides to have some camps on both sides of the border).

The real question is, will Mexico totally fall apart into warring States and Warlords or will there still be some sort of central government the US can negotiate with? That will make a huge difference in the best way to deal with this crisis because it won't go away, just because everyone wants it to.
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News isn't covering it now.

News won't cover it then.

If they do cover it, it will be "re-defined" (as in "vaccine", "man", "woman", "recession", etc.)

PRAVDA USA will bury it.
 
jward

jward

passin' thru

State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Mexico​



By Theodore Bunker | Friday, 19 August 2022 03:36 PM EDT



The U.S. State Department this week issued a travel advisory for Americans visiting Mexico warning that some areas of the country "have increased risk of crime and kidnapping."
In a statement, the department warned that "Violent crime — such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery — is widespread and common in Mexico. The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in many areas of Mexico, as travel by U.S. government employees to certain areas is prohibited or restricted. In many states, local emergency services are limited outside the state capital or major cities."
Americans are advised not to travel at all to the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas because of "crime" including "kidnapping."

The advisory notes that "U.S. government employees may not travel between cities after dark, may not hail taxis on the street, and must rely on dispatched vehicles, including app-based services like Uber, and regulated taxi stands."
Incidents in the state of Baja California caused the State Department to issue shelter-in-place alerts in five of the state's cities due to increased criminal activity in the area.
"Transnational criminal organizations compete in the border area to establish narco-trafficking and human smuggling routes," the recent advisory said. "Most homicides appeared to be targeted; however, criminal organization assassinations and territorial disputes can result in bystanders being injured or killed."
 
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