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RE: Get out of jail, almost free in the Baja
Sorry I am not a fan of drinking and driving anywhere.
...we have a near ZERO tolerance here now in Quebec. Just 1 drink will put a person under the 130 LB weight mark in DWI arrest territory! A heavier person may be able to handle 1.5 drinks before being illegal here.
Mexico's implementation (in most of the country) of sniff alcohol on breath = bye bye (read: no breathalyzer needed) is good. Very good.
Silver-
One more reason to be from Quebec and not at Quebec.
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AZ Mike
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01/22/10 05:56pm |
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RE: Reef in Rocky Point!
Reef has above ground storage tanks where the water is stored from the trucks. I've seen dead birds in the pond so I hope the water is not coming from there. If you fill up at the Gila Bend AFAF don't drink it unless you filter it too, thats why each space at the fam-camp has a R-O unit. Water = 8.35 Lbs. per gallon.
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AZ Mike
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12/31/09 10:34pm |
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RE: Lukeville/Sonoyita Border Crossing Queston
They were doing it at the San Luis crossing south of Yuma last year when I went.They had a serpenting setup with plastic barriers so you had to zig-zag but they moved them for my 65' moho and trailer. I saw it again two weeks ago at Los Algodones but not a large scale operation like in San Luis. No big deal and if it stops items that shouldn't go south then I'm all for it!
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AZ Mike
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09/23/09 05:54pm |
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RE: A change in Mexico is underway
If we can get the U.S. to fight the drug war at home, get people to stop using drugs, we can win this.
I believe it's because the U.S. has successfully fought the war that has eradicated many drug producers on our own soil. If Mexico would do the same to their own than the supply would dwindle and soon would the demand do to high cost. Mexico is also plagued with drug users, remove the source and the problem will no longer exist.
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AZ Mike
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08/18/09 12:22pm |
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RE: State Department Alert on Mexico Travel
Everyone knows the solution to this problem. Until then the shootings and the killings will persist. I guess to most people it is a non-issue otherwise we would all be up in arms about it.
How many of us have a loved one addicted to drugs? I do. 20 years living on the streets, 5 rehabilitations and it continues. Funny thing though, never in jail, never arrested, never harrassed by police. I thought drug use was illegal.
That's your opinion and though I might not agree with it I do respect it as yours. I see that thought as equal to: flies are the cause of trash. If drug users can't get drugs than they can't use them. The Mexican economy, corrupt politicians and law enforcement is such that they will do what they can to make an income regardless of how many countries laws are broken. When it comes to who is at the largest risk I would guess it would be the individuals in the drug trade, law enforcement, politicians that are secretly involved, mules, dealers, users, and than the public. So the visitors that have half a brain should be at a much lower risk.
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AZ Mike
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08/09/09 12:02pm |
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RE: State Department Alert on Mexico Travel
The following story came from AZcentral on the 6th, the incident happened on the 2nd and very little has been on the local new channels in Phoenix and also only after the 6th. Most everyone that has a business interest will tell you it's safe in Rocky Point (population under 50k) and it has less crime than Phoenix (population over 1 million). This is the second event in the last four months that involved an incident where the local police could not get control of.
Drug-war violence hitting Rocky Point
Although Mexico's drug violence mostly stops at the border, it is rapidly creeping into formerly immune Sonoran tourist towns frequented by Americans.
A Sunday night gun battle in Puerto Peñasco, known to American visitors as Rocky Point, dramatically illustrates the problem — and includes an Arizona connection.
According to El Sol de Caborca and other Mexican news sources, 41-year-old Leonel Fonseca Carrillo was confronted by three gunmen in the parking lot at Vina del Mar Hotel, in a tourist zone known as the Malecón. Fonseca Carrillo, also armed, was hit by four bullets in the ensuing firefight. Police rushed to the scene, and Fonseca was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Thirty minutes later, a group of armed men stormed the emergency room, ordered medical workers and police officers to the floor, then completed the assassination of Fonseca.
A source told the Rocky Point News that the gunmen also abducted a brother of the victim before fleeing the emergency room. An unidentified corpse was found later near the tourist village of El Golfo de Santa Clara.
Mexican media reported that the gunmen fled in a 2004 Chevrolet Blazer with Arizona license plates.
On the Web site known as borderreporter.com, Tucson journalist Michel Marizco reports that there have been more than a half-dozen suspected drug murders in Rocky Point during 2008, compared with none in previous years.
--Dennis Wagner
Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 02:49 PM
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AZ Mike
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08/08/09 11:19pm |
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