Crime, Safety, and the Police

[StRobert]

Article from "The San Diego Union Tribune".

"Meth and murder: A new kind of drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities on Earth" link https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...L6guOG0OQrt30g.

" Local and state officials estimate that up to 90% of the city's homicides are linked to local drug sales ". "It's sad to watch them not manage the problem and just wait for them to kill themselves," said Jaime Arredondo, a researcher at the British Columbia Center on Substance Use who has spent years studying Tijuana's local drug trade.

The city's police chief, Marco Antonio Sotomayor, has said repeatedly that tourists and most residents shouldn't worry about the violence.

"Those who are dying are young people and criminals who get into a world where they know that part of the risk of that business is. That they will lose their lives," he said.

"We have to understand the city is not on fire," he said. " . BTW A little comforting in this report is that tourists shouldn't worry about the violence. A little similar situation is in downtown San Francisco (Tenderloin section). A lot of drug users and a lot of drug sellers on the corners but there is no violence like in Tijuana.

[Travv]

Darinka Rodríguez 24 MAR 2018 - 01:58 CET.

El intento de violación a una joven poblana ha creado un debate sobre el uso de este instrumento para la protección personal.

"Hay un vacío jurídico en la regulacióand a estos instrumentos no solo en cuanto al uso de la poblacióand, sino de LOS cuerpos de seguridad policíaca", dice a Verne vía telefónica Armando Rodríguez Luna, coordinador de proyectos del Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (Casede) . . . El artículo 179 del seeódigo Penal de Puebla no menciona al gas pimienta como un instrumento prohibido. . . ".

In a nutshell, Mexican women want to have pepper spray. Different states like Puebla and Mexico City have different laws, but pepper spray is not a firearm or knife which appears to not be mentioned or prohibited by Puebla law. Another Puebla authority claimed it was. It is listed as being for sale in Tijuana here "Encuentra Gas Pimienta en Tijuana en Mercado Libre México. Descubre la mejor forma de comprar online. . . " Seems legal to buy in Tijuana, and certainly scares off Rateros. For guys who are prime targets for muggers. Women, small guys and disabled, seems like a good idea. Would you rather get beaten and robbed or get shaken down by the Policia for having it?

https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2018/...65_605654.html

Guys in the alley are not truly protected. One was murdered by Eduardo motel by his worksite: cascades-Azul porch next to HK alley exit. It was his "day off from working" according to locals who knew him. He was a known dealer. Anyway, yes this confirms what I saw but I figured it was with Cartel blessing.

I would suggest double checking legality of pepper spray in Tijuana. Seems I remember police treating it like carrying a knife.

[BearBare]

Guys in the alley are not truly protected. One was murdered by Eduardo motel by his worksite: cascades-Azul porch next to HK alley exit. It was his "day off from working" according to locals who knew him. He was a known dealer. Anyway, yes this confirms what I saw but I figured it was with Cartel blessing.

I would suggest double checking legality of pepper spray in Tijuana. Seems I remember police treating it like carrying a knife.

[DramaFree11]

Article from "The San Diego Union Tribune".

"Meth and murder: A new kind of drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities on Earth" link https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...L6guOG0OQrt30g.

Good report, confirmed my thoughts. I have changed my behavior in Tijuana now, with the increased crime, I still think it is safe during the day, but at night, getting more dangerous by the day. I use to walk back and forth from the Casino to HK, now I think twice. Also, I am way more careful eating at the food stands at night if I even go. If I do go, I stand on the side or back by the workers, I just do not feel as comfortable as before.

I just hang out a HK. I use to take cabs, but now I am switching to Uber.

Thank you, for the information.

[Jackie888]

Article from "The San Diego Union Tribune".

"Meth and murder: A new kind of drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities on Earth" link https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...L6guOG0OQrt30g.

I am sure a couple of the Chicas in HK are on meth bases on their fuck up teeth and bony faces. And I've had some chicas confessed to me that they use meth. I believe that the guys yelling "quarto" in the alley are the street distributors. How unfortunate that they are likely protected as the police ignores them while they peddle meth publicly. It would have been a pleasure to see one of these dealers slip and fall under a passing truck.

[Travv]

Ran into a deportee (From his good English) who tried to Interview me around dusk when I was coming back from dinner on Revolucion near the Kentucky Fried Buches restaurant. Asked me a question, tried to get close, started demanding money, then I demanded that he "Dejame in Paz" and had my pepper spray ready to go in my right hand while motioning him to stay back with my left. Once he saw I had the pepper spray with my thumb on the trigger, he stopped following me. Recommend guys buy a cheap pepper spray in the USA for around $6 to 9 bucks. Once the Rateros notice you have it, they back off fast. Keep it in your hand in your pocked in Ratero areas. If they jump you, you'll need it fast. If they speak good English, be on the alert, because they probably got deported for committing crimes in the USA.

[StRobert]

Article from "The San Diego Union Tribune".

"Meth and murder: A new kind of drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities on Earth" link https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...L6guOG0OQrt30g.

[Aviator400]

You should just expect it. Walking down the sidewalk. Walking down the street. In a cab. Just standing next to a Taco cart. It happens often, you just may have dodged the odds awhile. On a now defunct Tijuana forum there were a few who were certain the cab drivers in front of HK were in the fix with the policia and signaled them (lights off at night, flash Hi beams, etc) and would only hail cabs around the corner. I was searched 3 times in under 15 minutes and 1/4 mile of lawfully walking down the sidewalk (walked from Alley to Tijuana Ped bridge over Tijuana river).

Around Late Nov. Mid December its nearly 100% guarantee after 5 pm you will either be stopped or watch someone get stopped and searched, esp on Ped Bridge over River that leads to El Chapparral, aka PedWest. As stated, you need to train your muscle instinct to grab money first the moment you see a Tijuana police car approaching. Don't change your gait, just be ready. Money first, phone second, and then ID. Keep phone and money in front. Have your money consolidated if you want to keep all of it. Orphaned bills (money not in hand and with main stash) is likely to disappear. Remember your phone is money.

I've had an attempted mugging on sidewalk next to HK, stairwell of Ped Bridge over Tijuana river and on Coahulia / Revo sidewalk. The main takeaway from that video is this: all MAAM need to be 100% locked on your radar when within 20-30 feet. MAAM is military aged adult males. If they can throw a haymaker or pull a trigger accurately, they are a threat.

I usually handle by becoming the aggressor but this isn't everyones cup of tea. I have a preset notion of positioning and tactics I plan based on opportunity and number / size of threats. The best advice is to avoid. If I come off Coahulia onto Revo and its deserted, I watch for the emergence of a group of males. If seen, turn around and take Constitucion (west side, away from cuantos / drug dealers).

If you do decide to square up, "if the fight is fair, your tactics suck. " Control timing, space and fight dirty as hell. My #1 goal is to end it as fast and brutally as possible. I know its probably going to be read as posturing but I will firmly tell you from experience you can often guide a situation by becoming the aggressor. Just always position so a wall is behind you or keep an eye on your flanks.

Use your advantages. If you're 200+ you outweigh 95% of Most younger Mexican nationals. I had one mugger try to herd me and I took him backwards down stairs as I used my weight to pin him. The mugger with him (likely US deportee as his English had no accent) was my size so I punched him before he had a chance to close the gap and assault me first.

The Tijuana police will be useless and if they pseudo-arrest the guy, the ratero will be on the street again about the time you're are out of view.

Enjoyed reading this. Decent advice with a touch of humor.

Walked that route often, always on high alert and only in daylight.

After dark or if the hair on the back of my neck is standing up, I take a cab, which is not 100% preventing a stop or attack, as you have pointed out, but I have not had any issues when riding in a cab or the limo.

[Orlanr]

17 Murders this month. https://www.breitbart.com/border/201...kJE0DJKR1r8P1w.

[BearBare]

You should just expect it. Walking down the sidewalk. Walking down the street. In a cab. Just standing next to a Taco cart. It happens often, you just may have dodged the odds awhile. On a now defunct Tijuana forum there were a few who were certain the cab drivers in front of HK were in the fix with the policia and signaled them (lights off at night, flash Hi beams, etc) and would only hail cabs around the corner. I was searched 3 times in under 15 minutes and 1/4 mile of lawfully walking down the sidewalk (walked from Alley to Tijuana Ped bridge over Tijuana river).

Around Late Nov. Mid December its nearly 100% guarantee after 5 pm you will either be stopped or watch someone get stopped and searched, esp on Ped Bridge over River that leads to El Chapparral, aka PedWest. As stated, you need to train your muscle instinct to grab money first the moment you see a Tijuana police car approaching. Don't change your gait, just be ready. Money first, phone second, and then ID. Keep phone and money in front. Have your money consolidated if you want to keep all of it. Orphaned bills (money not in hand and with main stash) is likely to disappear. Remember your phone is money.

I've had an attempted mugging on sidewalk next to HK, stairwell of Ped Bridge over Tijuana river and on Coahulia / Revo sidewalk. The main takeaway from that video is this: all MAAM need to be 100% locked on your radar when within 20-30 feet. MAAM is military aged adult males. If they can throw a haymaker or pull a trigger accurately, they are a threat.

I usually handle by becoming the aggressor but this isn't everyones cup of tea. I have a preset notion of positioning and tactics I plan based on opportunity and number / size of threats. The best advice is to avoid. If I come off Coahulia onto Revo and its deserted, I watch for the emergence of a group of males. If seen, turn around and take Constitucion (west side, away from cuantos / drug dealers).

If you do decide to square up, "if the fight is fair, your tactics suck. " Control timing, space and fight dirty as hell. My #1 goal is to end it as fast and brutally as possible. I know its probably going to be read as posturing but I will firmly tell you from experience you can often guide a situation by becoming the aggressor. Just always position so a wall is behind you or keep an eye on your flanks.

Use your advantages. If you're 200+ you outweigh 95% of Most younger Mexican nationals. I had one mugger try to herd me and I took him backwards down stairs as I used my weight to pin him. The mugger with him (likely US deportee as his English had no accent) was my size so I punched him before he had a chance to close the gap and assault me first.

The Tijuana police will be useless and if they pseudo-arrest the guy, the ratero will be on the street again about the time you're are out of view.

[Travv]

Excellent Youtube to watch before visiting Mexico or other areas with lots of muggers. Video shows actual muggings and beatings on video and shows how to identify muggers spotting you and "Interviewing" you for an attack. May save your life, so I recommend watching this repeatedly until you can quickly recognize danger signs that you are about to be attacked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPbCw9pV90c

[Travv]

There are Zona Nortes in every American city where men pay for sex. They are called divorce courts and the lawyers and ex-wives will decide how much you will pay. In the American Zona Nortes, men pay alimony, sometimes for life. As I tell divorced guys, the difference between divorce lawyers and Zona Norte chicas is not very much. They both will screw you for money, but you will enjoy it a lot more in Tijuana!

This is not normal behavior to gringos in the rest of Mexico. I watch many gringo you tubers living in Mexico and not having this stuff done. The whole zona Norte has attracted everyone's attention, the policia, federales, it's green light to bother gringos, I doubt North America has another two small street area as populated with so many machine guns and bullet proof vests. USA needs to just have its own zona Norte already.

[ScottHall]

Yikes, I've never been pulled out of a cab before. It sounds like these guys are getting desperate, just fishing without a pole. Anything American is gong to get hassled.

[Long Don Silva]

Saturday night, shortly before midnight in the cab on the way from the border to the ZN, the police flagged me down at a checkpoint. They asked the driver where he's going and he told them La Coahuila. When the police looked at me, I spoke loud and clearly, "Hola, señor. " Asked me where I was going, "La Coahuila. " I wanted to make it clear to them that I'm not any ol' pinche guero and they'd be able to have a productive communication with me in their own language.

Told me to step out the car, asked me for ID and what I do for work. Answered, they took my passport and told me to put my hands on the trunk. Fortunately, from all the reading I've done on this forum, I already had all my cash in my left hand and just put both hands face down on the trunk with my left hand on top of my cash. One of the police asked me what is that and I told him it's my money. The other asked me all the same questions the first guy asked. He proceeded to hand me my passport and tell me that we're all set.

[Captain Solo]

Wednesday night 10 PM on Coahuila across from Adelita, a policia patrol car stopped a brand new $100 K black Maserati Quattroporte with Mexico's plate. It was the first time I saw an exotic car with Mexico plate in Tijuana; most are hand-me-down, worn out old clunkers. We were walking in front of Adelita on the way to check out Chicago. 2 Policia guys had the young Mexican driver out of the car talking, checking papers. My wingman said he wanted to see how the scene work out.

We went to Chicago then walked back to HK. 15 minutes later Policia was still taking their time talking to the Mexican driver. They asked him to pop the trunk for search. The guy looked extremely nervous, shuffling quickly back to the cockpit to release the trunk. Unless the guy is Garlos Sim's son, what kinds of work does he do in La Zona Norte to afford a brand-new $100 K Maserati? Looked like policia either busted a couple kilos contraband in the trunk or took a huge mordida to let the guy go. In the past, policias were afraid of taking bribes in that area due to mulitple security cameras filming. We kept walking to avoid risks of shoot outs ect. Did not know how it turned out.

On the way back on Sentri lane, the young and pretty CBP spinner with her pony tail asked us to pop the trunk and what we were doing in Mexico; the answer was, " Visiting friends. " She asked us again sarcastically, " Visiting again this week?" She could see in her computer our crew had crossed into Mexico frequently, sometimes twice a week. We said we just love our Mexican friends, hehe. Perhaps she was jealous that she was working for Mr. Trump without pay, while we were having good times in Mexico?

Is it against the laws to ask your pretty CBP agents for dates?