The following was posted on the Baja Nomad forum. I have no way of knowing how accurate this is but just in case we all should be alert, and aware of our surroundings and probably not travel after dusk or before dawn.
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Originally posted by DENNIS
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Originally posted by elgatoloco
Two of the carjackings occured on the border fence road.
Sorry this reply was so belated but, no. The border fence road is heavily traveled, day and night, and constricted with no place to pull off, not to mention well lit from the US side. None of the reported******happens on that stretch of the road. Nada.
Oh really.
Where are you EXACTLY if you are half a mile from the US/Mexico border heading for the toll road driving along the border fence?
Where are you EXACTLY if you have JUST crossed the border and are going up the steep hill along the border fence?
From Bloodydecks.com
"Well I've been traveling Baja all of my life and I've finally had to witness the worst...
At 3:00am we had just crossed the Border at Tijuana, My buddy and myself in my F350 and two other guys in their small Chevy Pu. I was the lead car. Just as we were going up the steep hill along the border fence I noticed that the other truck was getting pulled over.. So I slowed at came to a stop just up the road. Seconds later a grey Ford Explorer No plates pulled in front of my truck. Two men quickly got out of the car guns drawn coming towards me...I quickly hit the gas and was able to get out of there..It seems that they chased us for a short time but never caught us.. We eventually got far enough away where we felt safe(kinda) and my phone rang.. My wife had the other guys on the phone and they were completly robbed all the way down to their wedding rings..Luckily they had family just blocks away and were safe and on the way to the border(without Truck)..
Please be careful, my father in law works in TJ for the PGR and according to him this is not an isolated incident in this area.. But the good news is none have been reported in daylight hours so please be smart..IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
It doesn't phase me. But what does bother me is that people are out driving along a border known for crime at 3 a.m. That's like driving through East L.A. in the wee hours of the morning. You are asking for trouble. And lets face it, the TJ border is a passage point for crime.
Here and in the states, I only drive during daylight hours. If I am coming home from the airport or an event at night (never past midnight) I know that the way I go home is safe.
Bad things happen in the dark and that's a fact. Thieves, drunk drivers, murderers, etc.
Isn't it amazing how some always jump on the supposed crimes in Mexico, but forget to say anything about the violent crimes in our own country. Let's see, New Orleans in on track to have a murder a day this year, San Diego has sections I would never drive through at 3AM, and on and on.
Folks, Mexico is no more dangerous than your own backyard, as long as you remember that there are sections of your towns and cities you won't walk or drive, just as there are in Mexico. We often do not roll our windows up or lock our truck in Mexico, depending where we are. Can you say the same for where you are
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The Texan hit the nail on the head. However, some people need to be reminded of this. We have never had a problem in Baja or the Mainland but we drive during daylight hours. All I am trying to say is " Use a little common sense while traveling no matter where you are"
The Texan wrote: Isn't it amazing how some always jump on the supposed crimes in Mexico, but forget to say anything about the violent crimes in our own country. Let's see, New Orleans in on track to have a murder a day this year, San Diego has sections I would never drive through at 3AM, and on and on.
Folks, Mexico is no more dangerous than your own backyard, as long as you remember that there are sections of your towns and cities you won't walk or drive, just as there are in Mexico. We often do not roll our windows up or lock our truck in Mexico, depending where we are. Can you say the same for where you are
The Texan wrote: Isn't it amazing how some always jump on the supposed crimes in Mexico, but forget to say anything about the violent crimes in our own country. Let's see, New Orleans in on track to have a murder a day this year, San Diego has sections I would never drive through at 3AM, and on and on.
Folks, Mexico is no more dangerous than your own backyard, as long as you remember that there are sections of your towns and cities you won't walk or drive, just as there are in Mexico. We often do not roll our windows up or lock our truck in Mexico, depending where we are. Can you say the same for where you are
Yes, we never lock our cars are RV doors in our neighborhood. We often leave home for partial days - say, to take the dogs tracking - without locking our house. But I don't know what that has to do with anything. I, or anyone else, should be able to post a warning about a neighborhood (I can be some areas of my home county) without it being considered offensive, unless my warnings are just blatantly false. If I'm making a warning about a border area of Mexico, why would also include a warning about an area of Washington DC? Sometimes people need a reminder to use common sense.
I agree all you hear is the horror crime stories coming out of Mexico and Baja. Actually, I feel safer traveling the Baja than I do traveling through California to get there.
Not going off topic, but here is a bit of trivia speaking of crime.
More people were murdered in Detroit, Michigan in 2006 than American soldiers that were killed in Iraq during the same period.
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One needs to be fully aware of driving in Mexico at night. What bothers me about that post is this is the second time we have seen something from the Nomads forum that is strange. Seems to me that the people on that forum are bunch of wild guys in 4 wheelers looking for trouble. I am assuming they are much younger than the people in this forum. Maybe they like living "on the edge".
Even driving in the daytime in Baja can be upsetting. Last year while on a family non-RV trip all the way up and down Baja, we witnessed armed Federales climbing into and on top of RV's at every legal inspection point. Isn't once soon before or after the border enough inspections?
The Texan wrote: Isn't it amazing how some always jump on the supposed crimes in Mexico, but forget to say anything about the violent crimes in our own country. Let's see, New Orleans in on track to have a murder a day this year, San Diego has sections I would never drive through at 3AM, and on and on.
Folks, Mexico is no more dangerous than your own backyard, as long as you remember that there are sections of your towns and cities you won't walk or drive, just as there are in Mexico. We often do not roll our windows up or lock our truck in Mexico, depending where we are. Can you say the same for where you are
Yes, we never lock our cars are RV doors in our neighborhood. We often leave home for partial days - say, to take the dogs tracking - without locking our house. But I don't know what that has to do with anything. I, or anyone else, should be able to post a warning about a neighborhood (I can be some areas of my home county) without it being considered offensive, unless my warnings are just blatantly false. If I'm making a warning about a border area of Mexico, why would also include a warning about an area of Washington DC? Sometimes people need a reminder to use common sense.
Tom
Tom,
I guess what gets me about this, is that this one incident gets recycled every several weeks, yet no one has been able to post the direct link to the incident other than I heard, or I read. As far as I'm concerned, until this one incident can be shown to be the truth, I say to the one's posting it, show me, or retract your lie about Mexico. I'm an American that lived and was educated in Mexico and I get tired of the mud slinging about just one country. I'm saying that when you post, be fair, not one sided as some are being, because of their dislike for a country or a race. Sorry for the rant, but you touched a sore spot with me.
Tiger4x4RV wrote: Even driving in the daytime in Baja can be upsetting. Last year while on a family non-RV trip all the way up and down Baja, we witnessed armed Federales climbing into and on top of RV's at every legal inspection point. Isn't once soon before or after the border enough inspections?
IMHO, more is better, helps to keep the roads safe.
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