http://article.nationalreview.com/43018 ... lle-malkin

 

An American Family

I have a daughter in college right now. Theres no way in hell I'd allow her to leave the country for spring break. Look at the Halloway case as an example. Very sad situation. I hope the kid recovers.

#1 No way I'd travel to that 3rd world Country...

#2 Americans should stay out of Mexico...

#3 People who do illegal drugs are supporting Narco-Terrorism and should be delt with harshly...

Mexico is mexico.... but I would also say, depends on the kid, and no one knows what happened.

 

For senior year in college, went on a trip to Brazil, there were a few close calls, but alot of it was started by the young american kids going rowdy after getting wasted.

Another example of why I will never go back to Mexico. I'd vacation in Iran or Beirut long before I'd consider Cancun.

 

--Daniel

I was just in Mexico for 10 days, returning today. It was perfect. No problems, happy people, happy tourists, good food, lots of good drinks, warm sun and every single person I met was friendly. I go every year. I will continue to go, because it is a fantastic place.

 

"Stumble" around drunkenly in most larger cities in NJ or anywhere else and see how often your head gets bashed in. I bet it's a lot more often than in Cancun, or anywhere else in Mexico outside Juarez....

Yea, I'm with Mel on this one. Its unfortunate that something like this happened in a place like Mexico, but it can very well likely happen ANYWHERE, to include our own towns. The fact that the police and consulate aren't helping is a shame, and maybe there is room for argument there. But saying that this is a prime example of why nobody should like/want to go to Mexico is petty.

+1 to mel and bbk, my senior year of college a kid was beat to death on homecoming day...in the middle of campus. Random violence is just that, random.

i just got back from the dominican republic 3rd world country but as long as your not an a$$hole your good to go.....just cant be stupid and know your surroundings its just common sense my heart and prayers go out to victims family

I hear lots of good things about the dominican republic but I myself would never go there. I work in the legal system and know the types of people that call that place home. No extradition policy ... nuff said.

Mexico had more people murdered by narco terrorists last year than Iraqi's had killed by Islamic extremist's. It may be safe where you vacationed but if trends continue it wont last long. Corruption rampant in law enforcement is a sure sign of a government on the brink of being overthrown.

We need to seal our boarder ASAP !!!

We need to seal our boarder ASAP !!!

 

LOL! Make sure I'm on the other side, please. It's warm, sunny and much more friendly down there!

There is no doubt that Mexico is inching, slowly, to possibly becoming a failed state at the current rate. However, as much mayhem and violence there is currently, the majority of the outstanding violence comes from a single source (cartels and affiliated gangs). From a command level, this problem is quite containable as the issues do not necessarily threaten instability at the executive level in Mexico (to the extent that regardless of what happens, cartels will only amass the power cartels can have, and not gain state powers).

 

What I would be more concerned about is the rise in cyber crimes. I'm sure the network and IT guys can chip in and share those horror stories. While not grotesque, or as emotionally appealing, I think it will have a far more profound impact then physical violence (that has been happening since the inception of civilization 10,000+ years ago). There is NO hiding from that... no borders to protect anyone.

Lets see drug dealers chopping my head off and throwing it on a disco dance floor or someone stealing the info off of my Amex ???

Humm which ones worse? Even though it's close I still say seal the darn boarders to be safe. I'll take my chances with the Amex. LOL!!!

I hear lots of good things about the dominican republic but I myself would never go there. I work in the legal system and know the types of people that call that place home. No extradition policy ... nuff said.

 

Can't disagree but if you stay on a resort and you will be ok. I was down there with family and friends for a wedding and didn't feel any less safer at my own home. Did venture out one night with the fellas and I can tell you that if you get out of line you will end up dead somewhere or missing. They don't play and the police are seriously corrupt.

Back in early 2002 most of my roommates went to cancun for spring break, me and one or two others couldn't afford it, so we decided to just head to one of our hometowns and having all just turned 21, we figured drinking at bars we never could visit before in NJ/PA was fine with us, cancun spring break be damned.

 

Turns out of the big Cancun group, the rich one with a mil of grandad's money in the bank gets all drunk at a club, decides to bounce, group says bye. he goes outside, tries to get a cab, the cabbies offer to take him to hotel for like $100... he's like "$100??? " instantly price goes up to $200 , and he starts to argue, within a minute the price has escalated rapidly and so has the situation.

 

He of course says something he shouldn't say to the cabbies, who signal the bar bouncers... they surround him in a circle, and that's about the last thing he remembers. He woke up on a bus, but the bus wasn't moving, it was parked in the bus parking lot on the outskirts of town, and he was beat to death basically, broken arms, shoulder popped, eye swollen shut, etc. He stumbles off the bus, not sure where he is, and sees a papasan who says in broken English basically, "They're gonna be pissed, you're not supposed to be alive, they left you to die here, you're not supposed to be leaving here, you're lucky... They kept saying how happy they were to kill the rich cocky gringo etc..."

 

and he would up stumbling far enough to get some sort of transportation to the hotel, went in and bummed some money to pay for the ride, and stayed in his room until it was time to leave, was afraid to go to a hospital. We couldn't believe how he looked when we saw him a week or so later... and I tell you, I ain't never even considered going to mexico since. No thanks... I'm not getting drunk and waking up dead in mexico!