Medellin Reports

The problem is that the Poblado / Parque Lleras scene is concentrated in a small area that's supposed to be a high-income neighborhood, instead of an industrial no-man's-land at night like the San Diego strips. So it becomes high-profile, which is a problem for mongers and the guys that cater to them. It's clear now Poblado is only big enough for the Casa Blanca (aka Mansion), nothing much beyond that will be tolerated and the Mansion has had to tone down its scene over the years in case you haven't been paying attention.

Gringos naturally feel like a fish out of water in areas that don't look like a first-world country and apartments that don't have first-world amenities. They're on vacation so they feel that everything should be top-of-the-line including the whole environment that surrounds them. Thus the Poblado scene evolved into what it is today. But a monger trip doesn't really work that way, sometimes it's better to be low-profile and even slum it a bit.

It's gotten so bad some guys were pointing out a year ago already that the Mayorista scene was going down because the chicas were going up to Poblado for the bigger payday, instead of servicing local mongers and truckers at the Mayo.

I can guarantee you that seeing Mayo chicas prowling the Lleras park did not go well with the locals, LOL!

If this Jake guy didn't have all those tacky web sites and ran his apartment near Mayorista for instance, or some other lower-tier neighborhood, I bet he would still be around, but some guys personality-wise can't accept staying under the radar. I noticed this bizarre narcissistic (sociopaths even?) need to show the world what a great lifestyle he was leading, including even some half-contrived homage from a friend / client who supposedly left a voice mail message about what a genius he is for the way he's living large down in MDE, which of course comes off sounding like a somewhat lame sales pitch. See for yourselves, his sites are still up and his vids and pics are still there.

It's ironic to hear his "friend's" spiel now, considering what happened. A few years of "paradise" will now be paid for by decades in prison, yikes.

But I was a bit jealous, I must confess, of those two hot sisters in his pics. One of them I believe was his GF (supposedly). Now, I kind of feel bad for them as their pics are being showcased on these news sites as they are the hottest looking girls Jake features on his various pages; so naturally the media just took those, one news site didn't even bother to blur the faces!

[URL]http://www.minuto30.com/capturado-estadounidense-que-lideraba-red-de-turismo-sexual-en-medellin/496972/[/URL]

If they really did find a 13 yr old girl in his apartment, he is going to have a tough time explaining that one. If true, he is a bigger scumbag than many already imagined.

This is not directed at any individual member, so please don't anyone take offense. I think the matter of Jake has been fully covered here by now. It's probably best to move on. After all, he is not the first and he probably won't be the last to get himself in trouble by breaking pimping laws.

Loading this site up with daily references to him at his alleged crimes only creates a Google searchable audit trail that I doubt anyone here wants. This is only my opinion but please everyone think about it.

[QUOTE=JamesDandy;1907535][URL]http://www.minuto30.com/capturado-estadounidense-que-lideraba-red-de-turismo-sexual-en-medellin/496972/[/URL]

If they really did find a 13 yr old girl in his apartment, he is going to have a tough time explaining that one. If true, he is a bigger scumbag than many already imagined.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1907428]It started in 2004. There were three rather high profile cases, one from Russia, 2 from Cambodia. Since then there have been cases in several countries including the Philippines, Thailand, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The US helped bust a sex trafficking ring, involving minors, in the DR last spring.[/QUOTE]There was also the French guy from Medellin who ran "Girlfriend for a week". He was arrested in Miami and convicted of supplying minors.

By the way, what happened to Frank Casio?
I hope he's ok.
I did not like his style of writing with many "!!", but I appreciated his enthusiasm. It reminds me something.

[QUOTE=Knowledge;1907566]This is not directed at any individual member, so please don't anyone take offense. I think the matter of Jake has been fully covered here by now. It's probably best to move on. After all, he is not the first and he probably won't be the last to get himself in trouble by breaking pimping laws.

Loading this site up with daily references to him at his alleged crimes only creates a Google searchable audit trail that I doubt anyone here wants. This is only my opinion but please everyone think about it.[/QUOTE]LOL, you really think you're secretly on the internet? You can thank Jake if you have any worries, not the people that post about him and denounce him! If you weren't doing anything like Jake, you shouldn't worry about it, and no, not everything on the topic has been covered as new details continue to come out now and will in the future.

Your post is a strange one, indeed. Why are you worried about a "searchable audit trail" on Jake's crimes, you might want to call Caracoltv too bc his bust was on the tv news today as well. When it hits the US news, you can call CNN and tell them to quit talking about it because you don't want to draw attention to yourself, and see how that works out!

For example, authorities were apparently observing Jake for a year before busting him. That was new information and interesting enough to share. Stay tuned, I am sure there are more revelations to come.

[QUOTE=BlackPage;1907637]By the way, what happened to Frank Casio?
I hope he's ok.
I did not like his style of writing with many "!!", but I appreciated his enthusiasm. It reminds me something.[/QUOTE]Frank Casio lives near me and I haven't heard from him in awhile so I just now called. Someone else answered the phone and didn't know him, so maybe he has a new phone. Hopefully he is okay because I thought he was a cool guy.

First of all, I have met the guy out in town and really thought he was a bit of a tool-bag. On this site I have criticized him as well. But I never saw him with anyone under 18 the few times I did run into him so for that I will not pass judgement until we learn more. I pray that he wasn't stupid enough to do that when there is thousands upon thousands of over 18 year old in Medellin. Thousands.

Fact- Medellin has been trying to clean up the prostitution. Like many things in Latin America the effort is slow because "hey we can look into that manana" type of attitude. 5 years ago Parque Lleras was full of mid to upper class Colombian families having dinner. Now there are blatant street walkers in the parque.

Fact- Jake was pimping, and publicly promoting it on his websites.

Put those two facts together and its easy to see why Jake got on the local police radar. They would like nothing more than to make an example of some gringo and Jake made it easy for them. I am sure he was on their radar for quite some time and was being watched until they thought they had enough evidence to bust him.

Fact- Jake is in jail now and being threatened with very long prison sentences in both Colombia and the USA. His Spanish is not amazing and he is shitting his pants. The cops are offering him reduced sentences if he cooperates. And by cooperate that means giving out the passport copies he has of guests, emails, and phone numbers. Jake has already given those up, believe me.

If Jake has a copy of your passport, the authorities have it now. When you try to re-enter the USA you will be going to the secondary line every time for a long time. Don't book a connecting flight with less than 4 hours of time in between. If you try to come back to Colombia, my guess is you are going to the secondary line, the tertiary line and then perhaps being denied entry. If Jake has your passport I would find a new place to do this hobby period. Take it from a guy that spent several years working in an Embassy overseas. But I'm sure most of you will just say fuck you I know better than you, they can't stop me. So drive on with your mission then.

Fact- what Jake is accused of and what David in Lima is accused of is far far different. Trust me I do not like Jake but he is nothing like David. I've met both in person, who else here has?

Rumor- black page this is 2nd or 3rd hand but I heard Frank Casio died a few years ago in Florida. I forget the circumstances but it wasn't old age.

To the guy that is hesitant to stay in the Mansion now. The police have known exactly what the Mansion is for 10 years probably. The mansion is very careful about appearing to not be a brothel. That's why they don't take any money from the girls. They comply with all regulations that a hotel does and they are careful not to overstep the line because then they would be sitting next to Jake right now.

[QUOTE=MrGogo;1907658]Frank Casio lives near me and I haven't heard from him in awhile so I just now called. Someone else answered the phone and didn't know him, so maybe he has a new phone. Hopefully he is okay because I thought he was a cool guy.[/QUOTE]That's good to know that Frank is still around. As I said my info about him was second hand at least and a rumor only.

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[QUOTE=Soldierb11;1907678]If Jake has a copy of your passport, the authorities have it now. When you try to re-enter the USA you will be going to the secondary line every time for a long time. Don't book a connecting flight with less than 4 hours of time in between. If you try to come back to Colombia, my guess is you are going to the secondary line, the tertiary line and then perhaps being denied entry. If Jake has your passport I would find a new place to do this hobby period. Take it from a guy that spent several years working in an Embassy overseas. But I'm sure most of you will just say fuck you I know better than you, they can't stop me. So drive on with your mission then..[/QUOTE]This is exactly my take on what may occur to those who stayed at Jake's whose copies of their passport (s) are in the hands of the authorities. I cannot speak to what may occur to those who return to Colombia, however for those US clients of Jake that have either Nexus, Sentri, or Global Entry they will face some tough questions upon trying to renew their status, let alone being sent to secondary every time they arrive in the US from overseas. Anyone who has expedited access into the US from either Mexico, Canada, or overseas will know exactly what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE=Nclpimp;1907759]Cute spinner available. Pm me If interested.[/QUOTE]Y'all ain't got enough of that shit yet? You better let these dudes finds their own broads and let these broads find their own dudes.

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MDE 6.30-7.4. 16.

Transportation:

I love Copa Airlines but my goodness, the 6 am departure just kills me as I have to drive 2 hrs to get to the airport in and. O. So this was a 6:49 departure time which meant to be safe I needed to be there at 4:49 am Which means I have to leave my house at 2:29 am which means I need to wake up at 1:29 am which means I can't really sleep the night before an early morning flight. So starting out worn out from the get go. Uneventful flight from MSYPTY MDE. Mansion Taxi waiting on me with my name on a placard. To easy not to go thru the Mansion Drivers. Like someone else said, and IMHO, we are at our most vulnerable coming from & going to the airport with CCs, Passport, cash & any other valuables to risk a for hire airport taxi. ¬¬ Split a cab with another guy that sat next to me on the plane so it was only $15 USD. On the return flight it was 75 k COP which was about $26. Again, the peace of mind was worth it to me. Never took a bus or the metro while down there because I found the taxi fares ridiculously cheap. The most I spent on a one way trip was $5. Mostly short trips to Centro, Mayorista, the cigar shop on C10, etc. A taxi from the M1 up the hill to the M2 was 5 k COP which was about $1.75 USD which was well worth it after several beers & a Piasa in tow. Apparently, 5 K COP was the minimum for getting in a cab although the meter starts at 2,700 COP I believe and doesn't get over 3500 COP from M1 to M2.

Money exchange:

Went to Oviedo Mall to the left on Poblado Ave when coming down the hill from either the M1 or M2. Exchanged $USD on Thu at the Western Union in the mall at a rate of 2850 COP to $1 US. I made the mistake of paying my M bill in USD to get the 20% discount, but little did I know, their exchange rate was 2818 to 1. After that, I relied on my Schwab card at the ATMs & got around 2843 to 1.

Room:

Room 7 at the M2 was all a guy could ask for. The A / see was to cold, I had hot water but it took about 3-4 min to warm up in the shower, mini-fridge was great for bottled water & beer. 4 towels per day was quite enough & the staff was more than adequate cleaning the room & restocking the towels. If there was noise from the other guys I didn't hear it. M2 was plenty quiet. Walking down the hill was no problem. After the 2nd or 3rd time walking up, I said to heck with that & just got a 5 k cab when I could.

Food:

Breakfast at the M2 every morning was more than filling. 2 or 3 eggs scrambled with cheese or ham (the ham looked a lot like baloney to me), a piece of toast & either pineapple or papaya had me good to go each morning. Ate at Mondongos, Calle 10, and the steak was awesome as were all the sides. One day for lunch, we went down from the M1 & to the Left on Ave. Poblado was a place called JC Deliciosa where they had an array of Arepas. I had the large Mar why Tierra Peru (26,900 COP) & the Mango Milk (6500 COP) & both were over the top awesome. The smaller arepa would have been more than adequate.

When we went to Mayorista, I had a ½ rotisserie chicken & a bottle of some kinda of agua con gas from one of the little restaurants for about 13 k COP. It was surprisingly good. One night ate at Barbacoa Hamburgers & Beer, to the right on Ave. Poblado. Probably $15 USD or so but the burgers were big enough to make two meals out of. Very good burger & beer within a 5 min walk from the M1. Sun July 3rd for the Pool Party, they served tacos which. Well. They were tacos & filled you up. They were fine and that's all I'll say about that. Overall the food, especially in the restaurants was extremely good.

Touring / Sight seeing:

Went to Mayorista one night with a couple of ISG guys & had a good time only because I was with them. I would not have wanted to be there by myself. To many shady looking characters casing the group of gringos. I'm not a young man anymore & probably couldn't fight my way out of a paper bag anymore so I really don't care for places like that anymore. Went to Fase II after that & had a good time but no body pulled a chica from there. I promise to myself to get out more next trip.

Random thoughts:

I.

And reading more than 200 pages of the ISG forum in preparation for my first trip to MDE, several things stuck with me.

-1) The Paisas are really some of the most beautiful women in the world. There are beautiful women on every corner of the globe but my goodness, even the average ones were hot in the MDE!

-2) Some people are not happy unless they are bitching. One guy whom we ran into at Fase II was complaining about there being no skinny women. I quickly surveyed the scene & counted 6 or 7 chicas that were at least 9's & couldn't have weighed more than 47 kilos. Un-freaking-believable!! Then at breakfast he kept referring to Angeles City in the Philippines & how he could walk 20 yds out of his room & get 100 girls that weighed 90#. Well this ain't the AC Dorothy! Be glad you are here & quit bitching about how hard it is to find a spinner!

-3) Retirement. My thoughts are, if you have to rely on someone else to pay your way, or you can't afford a $3 cab ride because you can get a bus for 25 cents, then don't brag about being retired. You should have worked a little longer. You missed the lecture on what you need to retire comfortably. Although, one should not be a Mr. BigShot & throw money around like he just won the lottery, if one has to ride the bus because he can't afford a cab, get someone else to pay his way, give a girl $13 in a cesspool of an MP / casa in lieu of $50 for a comfortable 2 hour session at his apartment, etc. , etc. , etc. , then he completely missed the idea and timing of when to retire. I guess if some people didn't self-gloss, they would have no sense of worth at all. Again, Un-freaking-believable!

-4) I alluded to this in my preliminary report but will bring it up again. While most of the guys I met at the M1 & M2 were pretty cool & congenial, there were 2 that stick out in my mind as being on the other side of the coin. One was the complainer I referenced in #2) above. No need to expand to much more on this. He seemingly was blaming his inability to find a suitable Piasa on lack of available talent! Really, anybody else on the face of the planet ever have any trouble getting the hook-up in MDE with 150 K COP on their hand? I didn't think so. The other doofus I met was so proud of his Spanish that he told me he was fluent 3 times in the first 5 minutes of meeting him at breakfast one morning. Then he proceeds to start bragging about how he is about to retire in one year & he is a professor & then he says, "I'm a professor and I'm good at it! Really? You're so good that nobody except your immediate family & the students that took your class know who the fluke you are? Un-freaking-believable. You have to go down to the MDE & self gloss like a 4th grader trying to get noticed? Then, a day or two later I hear him talking to a cabbie & I'm telling you Peggy Hill from King of the Hill is 10 X more fluent than he was. Cartoon Spanish at it's finest! OK, enough of the rant. Everyone else I met was nice enough that these 2 clowns didn't ruin it for me. Are & be were as nice as could be & went out of their way to help me when they could. I couldn't ask for more pleasant owners!!

Chicas:

PM me with an email add for a detailed chica report. All I will put here is, for a first timer to MDE, I don't see how I could have done better than the Mansion girls. WOW! No wonder some guys don't ever leave the Mansion.

You can have my share of Mayorista. We saw 2 worth calling spinners & do-able. The rest were sloppy, dumpy or silicone overloaded. You can also have my share of the casas. I'll go back one more time next trip, but if the experience is similar to this trip, the savings is not worth it. Does anyone really think they change the sheets after each pop? My vote is no & that is downright F-in nasty!! The 2 I pulled seemed rushed to get back in the rotation.

I know it's long and drawn out but I wanted to put as much detail as possible so as not to be accused of not contributing!!

Until next time.

El Mechanico

Contrary to what some here would like to happen, it appears the Jake story is just beginning to gain traction with wider audiences. This article makes the problem sound worse than the others.

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