Crime, Safety, and the Police

[TjBrazil]

My wingman told me one of his friends (likely an attorney) sold off all properties, cut off all contacts with family and relatives, only a few close friends, moved to Tijuana, spent all his time and money in putas bars. I heard no reasons why he made that decision.

When he ran out of money, he killed himself in a windowless room in a noname shithole hotel on O'Campo across from the Mercado de Artesenia.

Sure hope none of us will be drawn down that path.

Why did he pick Tijuana. Brazil would have been the place to do that. Much more fun. Imagine spending all your money on those girls while having to see those meseros on the daily. Make me want to move to a better country. He had low standards.

[TjBrazil]

My wingman told me one of his friends (likely an attorney) sold off all properties, cut off all contacts with family and relatives, only a few close friends, moved to Tijuana, spent all his time and money in putas bars. I heard no reasons why he made that decision.

When he ran out of money, he killed himself in a windowless room in a noname shithole hotel on O'Campo across from the Mercado de Artesenia.

Sure hope none of us will be drawn down that path.

Hector Camacho spent his last years banging hos and strippers in Puerto Rico. He didn't suicide but was murdered for owing money or something like that. This attorney died the right way. Broke. He can't take all that money with him. How old was he. If he was old then I can think of worse ways to go. Plenty of old guys die with plenty money in the bank instead of starting to blow it LOL in their 50's. People start having strokes and heart attacks in their 50's on the regular.

[Captain Solo]

My wingman told me one of his friends (likely an attorney) sold off all properties, cut off all contacts with family and relatives, only a few close friends, moved to Tijuana, spent all his time and money in putas bars. I heard no reasons why he made that decision.

When he ran out of money, he killed himself in a windowless room in a noname shithole hotel on O'Campo across from the Mercado de Artesenia.

Sure hope none of us will be drawn down that path.

[KBToys]

At least he didn't die in a massage parlor.

Plenty of worse places to die than in a brothel or massage parlor. I would like to go out with my head buried in some kat. Imagine dying in the bathroom or some place worse.

[Cocr Brotheler]

That's about as sad as it gets. Not quite on that same level but there was a guy who admitted 2-3 years ago in one of the Tijuana threads to being alone mongering in Mexico City over Christmas.

At least he didn't die in a massage parlor.

[Dogers69]

Don't sleep in any Hyatt property in Mexico. Just to be safe, don't sleep in any hotel in Mexico.

I just hate to sleep in tiny, windowless rooms like those in Cascada and Rizo. You don't want your wife, children, relatives and friends read local papers' obituary, saying you died in a flea-bag putas hotel.

Mexican resort where 2 Californians died ignored gas leak problems, employees say.

Workers on strike outside Rancho Pescadero, a luxury beachfront hotel in Pescadero in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur where two Californians died of carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday. (Meghan Dhaliwal / For The Times).

I also stopped staying in puta hotels because I'm seeing friends my age having strokes and I'm not even 50 yet. I pay the 3 extra $ to stay on revolution. I never used to think about it till about 2 yrs ago. Maybe it was all my aunts uncles dying the last 2 yrs. I usually bring smoke detector to Mexican hotels. The room doesn't have 1 where I stay. And I leave window open as much as possible even with noise rain cold. It's not surprising the hotel workers would turn off the detectors. The average person doesn't have a anxiety / pessimistic put look, to be able to envision "what happens if there's a leak and everyone else dies". Nor does the average person read the news enough to know about all these deaths from carbon monoxide.

[LuvMexicanas]

I actually know of a gringo monger who died in a hotel room. I don't know that it was a "flea-bag putas hotel" and it was down in Rio, but I do know that when he was found he had engagement / wedding rings with him. The guy had been traveling throughout Latin America for a few years trying to get a hot puta to marry his obese ass.

That's about as sad as it gets. Not quite on that same level but there was a guy who admitted 2-3 years ago in one of the Tijuana threads to being alone mongering in Mexico City over Christmas.

[Cocr Brotheler]

That's why I really liked Hotel Coahuila rooms, at least windows to the hallways which at the ends are open to the air.

At least for our high turnover monger rooms enough circulation from doors open and shut between all the sessions jejejeje.

[TjBrazil]

I actually know of a gringo monger who died in a hotel room. I don't know that it was a "flea-bag putas hotel" and it was down in Rio, but I do know that when he was found he had engagement / wedding rings with him. The guy had been traveling throughout Latin America for a few years trying to get a hot puta to marry his obese ass.

So he wasn't murdered or those rings would have been gone.

[The Cane]

You don't want your wife, children, relatives and friends read local papers' obituary, saying you died in a flea-bag putas hotel.

I actually know of a gringo monger who died in a hotel room. I don't know that it was a "flea-bag putas hotel" and it was down in Rio, but I do know that when he was found he had engagement / wedding rings with him. The guy had been traveling throughout Latin America for a few years trying to get a hot puta to marry his obese ass.

[Captain Solo]

Don't sleep in any Hyatt property in Mexico. Just to be safe, don't sleep in any hotel in Mexico.

I just hate to sleep in tiny, windowless rooms like those in Cascada and Rizo. You don't want your wife, children, relatives and friends read local papers' obituary, saying you died in a flea-bag putas hotel.

Mexican resort where 2 Californians died ignored gas leak problems, employees say.

Workers on strike outside Rancho Pescadero, a luxury beachfront hotel in Pescadero in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur where two Californians died of carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday. (Meghan Dhaliwal / For The Times).

BY KATE LINTHICUM, ALEXANDRA E. PETRI.

June 16,2023 UPDATED 3:51 PM PT.

MEXICO CITY — Current and former employees at a luxury hotel in Mexico where two Americans were found dead this week said managers of the resort ignored repeated signs of a possible gas leak and disabled carbon monoxide detectors to stop their alarms from disturbing guests.

Ricardo Carbajal, a former night manager at Rancho Pescadero, a $600-a-night beachfront boutique hotel owned by Hyatt, said carbon monoxide detectors sounded frequently over a period of about three months late last year, probably because of leaks in a system that delivers gas to outdoor fire pits.

In January, Carbajal said, after repeated complaints from guests about the loud alarms, hotel managers disabled the detectors.

"They knew there were problems with gas leaks," said Carbajal, who stopped working at the resort in March after a dispute over pay. "Everyone was aware of the alarms and that the detectors were off. ".

Three current employees who spoke on condition of anonymity also said the detectors were disabled. One of them, who works in the hotel spa, said they believed it was only the sound of the detectors that was deactivated and that hotel security guards continued to receive alerts when the devices detected gas.

Those current employees and another, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared for their jobs, said hotel managers for months ignored complaints about the strong smell of gas from both guests and employees.

"Housekeepers reported gas leaks, security reported gas leaks, maintenance workers reported gas leaks," said one of the employees. The employee said that a few days before the guests were found dead, a housekeeper cleaning their room fell ill because of suspected gas poisoning.

The bodies of John Heathco and Abby Lutz, both of California, were discovered Tuesday night inside their room at Rancho Pescadero, which reopened after extensive renovations about a year ago in the beach community of El Pescadero, an hour north of Cabo San Lucas.

Autopsies suggest the two died of "intoxication by an undetermined substance," prosecutors in Mexico's Baja California Sur state told the Associated Press.

Local police initially reported that gas inhalation was suspected as the cause of death.

Hyatt officials previously said they do not believe the deaths were related to problems with the hotel infrastructure or a gas leak. They did not respond to requests for comment Friday regarding disabled carbon monoxide alarms at the resort.

New accounts from two paramedics who responded to the deaths lend credence to the theory that gas poisoning was likely to blame.

Fernando Valencia Sotelo and Grisel Valencia Sotelo, firefighters who are also siblings, arrived at the hotel late Tuesday after staff discovered the bodies of Heathco and Lutz.

The two firefighters immediately fell ill upon entering the couple's hotel room, according to a GoFundMe account established to raise money for their medical care. They were being treated at a hospital Friday and undergoing studies to see whether they suffered neurological damage.

They were on vacation in Mexico City. Then all three died of carbon monoxide poisoning in an Airbnb Nov. 10,2022.

In an interview with "Good Morning America," Lutz's stepmother, Racquel Lutz, said the young woman had told her family Monday evening that she and Heathco had spent the previous night in the hospital because they felt sick and thought they had food poisoning. Lutz said they had been given fluids intravenously and were feeling better.

"She texted her father Monday night to say goodnight, love you, and then we hadn't heard from her again," Racquel Lutz said.

Chad Richeson, Abby Lutz's uncle — who is acting as a spokesperson for the family — said that Lutz and Heathco spent time at the pool Monday but it was not clear how much time they spent in their room.

The Lutz family was traveling to Mexico on Friday to "to bring Abby home" and was not available for further comment, Richeson said.

Abby Lutz did not mention any unusual or powerful smells to her family, Richeson said. Neither the hotel nor Hyatt has reached out to the Lutzes, he said.

In a statement, her family described Lutz, who lived in Newport Beach, as "a light to everyone around her" who was known for her smile and laugh and for "making everyone feel special. ".

"It is our hope that more information will come to light to explain what happened to Abby, and why," the statement said. "This information will help us gain closure, and may prevent this type of incident from happening in the future. We don't wish for anyone else to go through this tragedy. ".

[OPIllini]

Dude this planet is crazy, Tijuana shootings and over 100 mass shootings in the US this year alone. Today the San Diego City Council approves a homeless encampment ban on the streets. I hope now homeless people don't move to trolley cars.

I usually take the 992 bus from the airport and then hop on the Blue Line trolley, but I may just cough up the $25-$30 for Uber to the border instead of my normal routine for my next Tijuana trip in two weeks. I deal with homeless riders enough at my public transit job and don't want to deal with that headache while on vacation.

[Captain Solo]

Todo Santos has a bunch of small low-brow lodging where artists, surfers and hobos hang out.

The weather is never cold enough to run heaters. If there were gas leaks, why are other rooms not affected?

Chemical poisoning could have a number of causes, including food, drugs.

[Artisttyp]

One of the reasons now where I don't stay in old hotels. I rather pay up for a newer one instead of some crappy air bnb.

True. I left my apartment before my lease was up. I was def living someplace this could happen. Weak mgmt and gas heaters are a recipe for disaster. Lots of places in Tijuana fall into this category.

[TjBrazil]

Kill's again in Mexico! This place had rooms going for up to $1,000 a night!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna89602

One of the reasons now where I don't stay in old hotels. I rather pay up for a newer one instead of some crappy air bnb.