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[โ€“] 123 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Top one needs to be tinted yellow.

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  • [โ€“] 115 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've been to Mexico like 6 times.

    The first 5 times were all excellent trips, wonderful places, wonderful people.

    The sixth time, we were all literally robbed by Mexican police officers at the airport who claimed we couldn't leave the country without paying an "exit tax" of $200 USD each, and told us we either paid and got on our flight home or we didn't pay and they took us to prison.

    I don't go back to Mexico now.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Andrew Callaghan's Channel 5 has a few videos about migrants coming to America, and a couple of the people he interviewed mentioned being more scared of the Mexican police than the border patrol.

    He actually goes to Mexico and hops the border back into America in one of his videos, I highly recommend checking him out.

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  • [โ€“] 52 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I'm visiting Mexico City for the first time in April.

    Hopefully things will be mellow.

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  • [โ€“] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Just don't expect cheese on your quesadillas and you'll be fine

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  • [โ€“] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Been many times when my brother lived and worked there for three+ years. We are gringos. Never felt unsafe. Sure, he talks about a time at Xochimilco where him same some work colleagues perhaps drew the ire of some locals, but really the worst part of the trip was the few times we needed to get in a taxi.

    I'm that vein, that was the one rule we tried to adhere to at the time, make sure, if you take a taxi, to take the sanctioned ones or whatever.

    Now, we drove to Oaxaca once, and some of the towns en route to were sketchy looking. Didn't have any bad experiences but also didn't bring the car down under like 15mph either.

    Enjoy! Bring Pepto. I got Montezuma's revenge every time. I'm starting to think it was the altitude (couldn't have been the many michelladas, certainly not).

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    [โ€“] 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm Mexican and I agree with this meme.

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  • [โ€“] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    okay but is everything tinted yellow in Mexico?

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  • [โ€“] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    LPT: NOT police men ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

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  • [โ€“] 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Gotta provide some details for us non Mexican folks.

    They look like they are part of the federal government?

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  • [โ€“] 57 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It is common for either:

    A - cartel to dress up to look like police men (commonly recognized through wearing masks over face)

    B - police men to be in cahoots with cartel (iirc this is becoming less and less common)

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  • [โ€“] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also actual cops, like uninformed police officers who pull you over, will rob you. My friend got caught with some weed over there and while he was handcuffed they tried to get his wallet several times. He finally convinced them he'd give them some money if they uncuffed him and he gave them half of what he had. He said they would have taken all of it if they were able to get his wallet without having to beat him.

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  • [โ€“] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why couldn't they get his wallet if he was handcuffed?

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Heโ€™d lift his butt cheek to one side and when they walked over to the other side of the police car heโ€™d switch sides. They were all giggling and finally he said, โ€œIโ€™ll tell you what, muchacho, you take these cuffs off and Iโ€™ll give you half my money.โ€

    (Read the next line with your inner Forrest Gump) And wouldnโ€™t you know it? It worked.

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    normally the cartel dresses like the military or the* police, one big give away is that the cartel uses tennis instead of boots and act mostly like kids LARPing

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  • [โ€“] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've lived in Mexico for over 20 years now, and yeah there is crime, yeah there are problems, but I rarely felt unsafe, really.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does this depend on the region you live in? I get the impression border areas are less safe.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    You ever been to London? I hear about stabbings a violence occasionally, sometimes places I'm very close to. But they're always gang related, if you're not in a gang, you're probably safe.

    I feel like Mexico is kinda similar with an added bonus of don't walk around with expensive stuff or look like an easy target.

    Does that sound right?

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Been to CDMX many times, where I take the subways to get around. I'm a gringo and CDMX has its bad areas like any other big city. They do also have police and cartel problems. Depending on your ethnicity and location, the US is equally dangerous. These things said, I love Mexico City and will always return. It is incredible and the folks who live there are wonderful.

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    [โ€“] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Only the last one should be police

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    That would be the US, not Mexico.

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    [โ€“] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Apparently Yucatan is cool

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    [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago

    Take my money, just don't hurt my tacos!

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