thanks for filling in some important info
Thanks to those that responded to my questions. Until now it was easy to assume that there was a common thread to those that were being harrased.
Next question for those that might answer. I have also started to use pesos during my visits in TJ. When they say four dollars, I whip out 40 pesos. Sorta boosts my spending cash. The only place I pay in dollars is to get into the hotel and into , well, you know.
It is interesting to know that this hassling can happen to anyone. I might not act with such impunity. I'll be in TJ next Saturday night, I'll get an update on as soon as I get back.
By the way, a "confession". I have taken to sticking with the same girl at AB for over a year now. I may even learn her name this time.
Stick it to the bad ass policia at La Linea Sentri
Some mongers, who were searched and ripped off by the goons at La Linea Sentri, should be pissed of enough to find ways do them in.
Are we mongers so meek that we will just let the unjust harassment and rip off by these dumb policias go on forever?
The chicas would probably have good laughd and call these mongers losers for submitting to the abuses by the policias and not smart enough to stick it back to them in their stupid asses.
Some victims should gather evidence and witnesses and write to the TJ mayor and teach them lessons in civility.
[QUOTE=Conejito] The 'stop-and-search' cops at the Sentri walk-across borderline have now been there for a very long time. They are always the same 4-5 guys.
No one has ever reported them and therefore they have become established and aggressive at that spot. They will now stop anyone, no matter what you look like (usually men who are alone).
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Kick the stupid policia in their brown asses
Hey Rabo,
That's a damn good idea.
Wait for solo gringos and walk with them ,and kick the stupid policia in their brown asses.
[QUOTE=Rabo Verde]WE COULD GET A PHOTO OF THE BORDER THIEVES SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM AND THEN CONTACT ONE OF THE GUYS IN THIS STORY... IN THE MEANTIME THEY ESPECIALLY LIKE TO PICK ON GUYS WHO ARE WALKING ALONE, I HAVE RARELY SEEN THEM STOP A GROUP, GUESS THEY PREFER LESS WITNESSES, YOUR WORD VS. THEIRS IF YOU COMPLAIN. I TRY TO WAIT AND WALK THROUGH WITH SOMEONE ELSE...
Tijuana Taking Steps to Clean Up Its Act, Officials Say
By WILL CARLESS
Voice Staff Writer
Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.[/QUOTE]
Priest's Slaying Shakes Tijuana
October 27, 2005 latimes.com
Priest's Slaying Shakes Tijuana
A popular cleric's death, blamed on drug trade, gives the border city a record year for killings.
By Richard Marosi, Times Staff Writer
TIJUANA — The execution-style killing of a popular priest in an upscale restaurant district here has touched off an outpouring of grief and pushed the homicide rate to record heights.
At a funeral Mass on Wednesday, about 2,000 people mourned the death of Father Luis Velazquez Romero, 52, an outspoken cleric known for his social activism.
He was gunned down Monday morning in his 1993 Ford Thunderbird in a parking lot. Police found six bullet wounds in his head and neck, and his wrists handcuffed behind his back.
Velazquez's death, along with another slaying over the weekend, pushed the homicide toll in the Tijuana area this year past the record of 355 set in 2004, state police officials said.
The wave of violence in this sprawling Mexican border city has set new standards for brazenness. Masked, black-clad gunmen have abducted businessmen from popular restaurants in front of horrified diners. Their bodies usually appear days later, gagged and showing signs of torture. Many merchants are moving across the border to the San Diego area.
Several police officers have also been killed or targeted. Chief Homicide Investigator Francisco Castro Trenti escaped injury in a shootout a few weeks ago.
Police said the motive in the priest's killing was unclear but that the slaying bore the hallmarks of an organized crime hit.
The violent death of Velazquez, the corresponding sensational media coverage and questions about the police investigation have heightened a sense of frustration in this crime-weary city. Thousands have turned out at Masses to mourn the priest, filing into his hillside church to kiss his coffin and touch his white robe.
"This assassination has touched the most sensitive part of our society," said Carlos Medina Amaro, a longtime parishioner. "If they kill a priest, they can kill anybody."
Authorities said they were investigating whether the killing was related to the cleric's work and whether he was a victim of drug traffickers. Police said they were also taking a close look at the priest's personal life.
State police spokesman Filiberto Martinez said Velazquez was not suspected of being involved in narcotics trafficking, but that the execution-style killing and the .38-caliber handgun used were the calling cards of the drug cartels.
"Castro Trenti says this murder will be solved. But it's too soon to say when," he said.
The police statement inspired little confidence among residents. Some noted that many killings go unsolved and said police often claim victims were involved in the drug cartels as an excuse not to investigate the crimes thoroughly. "What are the authorities doing?" read a sign carried by parishioners at a funeral procession.
Most of the year's killings have been blamed on drug cartels battling for control of the trafficking corridor through Tijuana into the U.S.
Velazquez was described as a dynamic priest with a jovial personality who easily navigated Tijuana's disparate worlds of wealth and poverty. His role model, parishioners and fellow priests say, was Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, slain while celebrating Mass in 1980.
He was committed to social causes and founded an outreach group in poor neighborhoods. His sermons touched on current events and corruption, but he steered clear of politics, parishioners said. Many angrily dismissed media reports that said Velazquez might have been involved in organized crime.
Parishioner Gerardo Rodriguez, 49, said Velazquez was always on the go, fiercely focused on helping the poor, counseling couples, fundraising and building the church.
"He was mobbed up all right, mobbed up with God, and the community," Rodriguez said.
Velazquez, a native of Guadalajara, was a seminary student and missionary in Mexico City and New York City before he moved to Tijuana, where he became a priest in 1988. Within a few years of his arrival at the parish of Santa Maria Reina, in an upper-middle-class area in the hills above a country club, the one-room church overflowed with members.
Velazquez broke ground two years ago on a new church, and was only a few raffles and fundraisers away from the finishing touches: heavy, engraved wooden doors and two statues to flank the entrance.
Canine arrest at La Linea Sentri
Was on my way back in my car around 9PM Saturday. All lanes were open. The lines were short, about 20 cars in front of me.
There were 2 border agents walking their dogs around the waiting cars. Suddenly one dog went bananas around a red BMW driven by 2 Asians in the middle lane. The dog was sniffing all around the car, at the trunk, the foot board, the window edges.... She would not leave this car.
The agent made a hand gesture with 2 fingers to the booths, spoke briefly into his mike and drew his gun. Very quickly 4 other agents ran toward and surrounded the car. They started to search the trunk and the car's interior while the 2 Asians continued to sit inside. The line is clear in front of their car. They could run forward but not backward. I felt sorry for the folks waiting in a long line behind them.
I kept craning my neck backward to watch the commotion as my car moved forward. I thought there was a 50% chance that the Asian guys may pull their guns, shoot everyone in sight to make their escape. I was ready to duck out of the car and defend myself with my tire iron. This was the most alarming incident in all my crossings.
At this point, I had to cross the border. The young agent went about his business casually but was obviously very alert and very tense. He looked at my driver license, then my face, and waved my through without asking questions. He could tell that I am an upright, law-abiding citizen. I could be counted on to defend our country when the need arises.
The border agents are well trained. They have lots of experiences as well as updated intelligence to deal with smugglers. Before trying to smuggle anything through the border, remember all the manpower, the experiences, technologies, dogs... stacked against you.
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LE Checking Medical Records
For lack of a better category, I'll post this here. I was down in TJ this Monday morning chatting with some Street Girls outside Hotel Venecia at the far end of the famous "Alley," when a women wearing some kind of "inspector" identification badge approached my friend. They spoke briefly in Spanish, and my friend handed the inspector her medical record book. This is the little book the working girls all have which shows their medical examination dates, initials from the doctor, and includes their photo and identification. Everything was in order.
Meanwhile, another inspector, this one a man, is talking with a different SG. Now this particular girl is pregnant and her condition is fairly obvious. She has a worried look on her face and she tells my friend that she is being taken away and asks my friend to take care of her stuff. They take her away immediately.
I could not find out what happens in a case like this, just thought it was an interesting event. I know the girl, but don't know the details of her condition, though I assume she has a boyfriend.
Here's a photo snapped the night before. I wasn't "with" her, but she tagged along with my girl for some dinner Sunday night.
How you came up with the GREEN vs RED areas?
Hi TJ Night Walker,
That's really helpful to every monger who frequent Zona Roja.
I wonder how you came up with the GREEN vs RED areas? By previous crimes? Witnessed, reported or documented?
[QUOTE=TJnightwalker]I am attaching a map (with poor quality, sorry) where I try to let you know the sidewalks and streets to avoid, to be careful and the safe to walk.[/QUOTE]