• Vespair@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      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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        6 months ago

        I highly recommend checking him out.

        Didn’t he rape a bunch of women? Or was it just that he turned out to be super pushy when it comes to sex?

        • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          There was a drama or something, but at this point I can’t be fucked to fact-check every accusation when so many people get accused of shit. I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.

          Either way, his content is informative regardless of his past, so even if he were a rapist or some shit I’d just continue watching with adblock.

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            6 months ago

            I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.

            You mean, like, in the comment to which you just replied? Because you are hearing about it here…

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      6 months ago

      Gotta provide some details for us non Mexican folks.

      They look like they are part of the federal government?

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        6 months ago

        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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          6 months ago

          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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    6 months ago

    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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    6 months ago

    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.