Good news. The chicas will soon get vaccination.
[URL]https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003144624/u-s-sending-1-million-coronavirus-vaccines-to-mexico-border-cities-resort-spots[/URL]
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Good news. The chicas will soon get vaccination.
[URL]https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003144624/u-s-sending-1-million-coronavirus-vaccines-to-mexico-border-cities-resort-spots[/URL]
[QUOTE=Travv;2566015]After the Antifa rioting in Seattle, Portland and other US cities along with roadblocks on the highways and attacks on US travelers by rioters, I would have to say Mexico is now better run than the USA. The cartels want to make money and are not crazy Antifa commies seeking to make a utopia like during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The cartels pay off politicians and political parties on both sides of the border. . . In the Fast and Furious scandal where guns were shipped from the USA into Mexico with the US Government's blessing, you can be sure that some high level politicians (with a name that rhymes with Alabama) and his political party got some hefty cartel bribes to green light the shipments of weapons to the Sinaloa cartel. . . Given a choice between the businessmen of the cartels or Antifa revolutionaries running an area, I would prefer the cartels over the Marxists.[/QUOTE]I don't think BLM thugs and ANTIFA garbage are nowhere near as powerful as the cartels. I think I get your point though. We have a lot of nerve in this country shit talking Mexico crime and disorder when we had those two groups roaming around last summer setting fire to American cities and being a nuisance while being supported by the Democrat machine and a complicit media. Until America is perfect we shouldn't criticize Mexico. Moe.
[QUOTE=MemoeNasty;2566235]I don't think BLM thugs and ANTIFA garbage are nowhere near as powerful as the cartels. I think I get your point though. We have a lot of nerve in this country shit talking Mexico crime and disorder when we had those two groups roaming around last summer setting fire to American cities and being a nuisance while being supported by the Democrat machine and a complicit media. Until America is perfect we shouldn't criticize Mexico. Moe.[/QUOTE]Even if you believe the worst about BLM and ANTIFA, the murder rate in their areas is nowhere near the murder rate in Tijuana.
[QUOTE=DramaFree11;2565673]Better yet send to downtown Houston or New Orleans, they would not survive 6 hours without the police. Defund the police is the dumbest idea ever.[/QUOTE]Funny, the police haven't done shit for me except show up after a crime has occurred and take down my information for a report for insurance. Hell, anyone could do that job. No reason a police department in Overland Park, Kansas needs military grade armored personnel carriers with water cannons and mortar launchers.
Take half of the money we pay the police and put it into social services and crime will go down WAY faster than buying more weapons for cops.
[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2565901]The 43 YO man originally from Japan was murdered Thursday morning in May.
Appeared he knew his assassins. About $1,500 was taken from the safe.
People speculate, he did not pay the cartel's tax, or involved in some bad deals.
[URL]http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/05/japanese-restaurant-owner-murdered-in.html[/URL]
By MX 5/18/2021 05:00:00 PM 44 comments.
According to local reports and the restaurant's Facebook page, Taro Yoshida ran two ramen shops in Tijuana.
Taro Yoshida, 43, the owner of "Yoshi Ramen", an iconic restaurant on Avenida Revolucin in Tijuana, Baja California, was murdered last week.
Police officers received an emergency call last Thursday at 11 am That a man was shot on the second floor of another Yoshi Ramen branch in Playas de Tijuana. Upon entering the premises, they found Yoshida's body.
The man, of Japanese origin, was sitting in a reclining chair, with his feet on a table. He was wearing a Jersey of the Japan national football team. The victim was hit by a firearm projectile in the chest and head.
According to investigators, the restaurant did not have video surveillance cameras. No one was arrested for the crime.
Citing a security guard of the restaurant, the reports also said Yoshida had left with two men early Thursday morning and the three later returned together, but nothing about the interaction aroused suspicion..[/QUOTE]If any gringos needed to know the dangers of Tijuana. Here you go. The guy is from Japan. The next time you see a dude from Japan up to no good in north America will be the 1st. His restaurant was definitely always busy and I wondered how that looks to the locals. Tijuana is rough town. Its about the last place a foreign guy should be opening a small business. I know its tempting with the cheap cost of leasing a place, and the large volume of people going out to eat. But it was always more likely than not this is how it would end for a guy from Japan doing so visibly well.
[QUOTE=BabeMagnet;2565923]You're exactly right, Jinxx. It's difficult for Americans to comprehend a "cartel state" because in the US there's still some semblance of law and order at the state level, at least for the time being. The cartels own Mexico and Tijuana and to believe otherwise is just naive. There is no Mexican government force at any level that is more powerful than the cartels--not the police, not the national guard, not the military. I realize it may be scary for some to think about, but that's just the facts.[/QUOTE]Yes that's one way to put it. Another way to put it is the Mexican government and the cartels are one and the same. It's basically impossible to distinguish where one ends and the other begins.
Every business has to pay cartel taxes. A taco stand had to pay 200 pesos a night. He would have to sell about 600 tacos before he earns enough to pay cartel's tax, Meanwhile the government could not collect any tax.
So most of the citizens are supporting the cartels, not the government. It's obvious that the cartels will be stronger.
With all this violence, corruption, threats, kidnaps, torture, murder, the cartels will kill off any growth and flush Mexico down the toilet.
Larry, the black BBQ chef from San Diego, opened up Nikkis' on Calle 1 years ago, a combination bar, restaurant, hotel.
He brought in women to work the bar and the hotel, most looked way below low caliber in Adelitas and Chicago. They looked different from Mexicans. After about 2 years in business, 2 Venezuelan women accused him of trafficking, that he brought them in as waitresses then forced them into prostitution. About 30 feds agents with armored vehicle came down from Mexico City, surrounded his bar, arrested him and 4 accomplices. He was held in prison in Mexico City awaiting trial and nobody heard from him again. He had health problems and probably died in there.
The Jewish father and son team who operated the upscale Club Madonna on Revolution was also nailed for human trafficking. Never heard from them again.
You can be taxed, screwed and prosecuted by both cartels and government.
[QUOTE=Dogers69;2566326]If any gringos needed to know the dangers of Tijuana. Here you go. The guy is from Japan. The next time you see a dude from Japan up to no good in north America will be the 1st. His restaurant was definitely always busy and I wondered how that looks to the locals. Tijuana is rough town. Its about the last place a foreign guy should be opening a small business. I know its tempting with the cheap cost of leasing a place, and the large volume of people going out to eat. But it was always more likely than not this is how it would end for a guy from Japan doing so visibly well.[/QUOTE]Word is that the guy, against advice, was doing business with one or the other of the cartels. Apparently somebody took exception to it.
[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2566521]Every business has to pay cartel taxes. A taco stand had to pay 200 pesos a night. He would have to sell about 600 tacos before he earns enough to pay cartel's tax, Meanwhile the government could not collect any tax.
So most of the citizens are supporting the cartels, not the government. It's obvious that the cartels will be stronger.
With all this violence, corruption, threats, kidnaps, torture, murder, the cartels will kill off any growth and flush Mexico down the toilet.
Larry, the black BBQ chef from San Diego, opened up Nikkis' on Calle 1 years ago, a combination bar, restaurant, hotel.
He brought in women to work the bar and the hotel, most looked way below low caliber in Adelitas and Chicago. They looked different from Mexicans. After about 2 years in business, 2 Venezuelan women accused him of trafficking, that he brought them in as waitresses then forced them into prostitution. About 30 feds agents with armored vehicle came down from Mexico City, surrounded his bar, arrested him and 4 accomplices. He was held in prison in Mexico City awaiting trial and nobody heard from him again. He had health problems and probably died in there.
The Jewish father and son team who operated the upscale Club Madonna on Revolution was also nailed for human trafficking. Never heard from them again.
You can be taxed, screwed and prosecuted by both cartels and government.[/QUOTE]I used to hang in this place and did know Larry. This had to be maybe 2014. It was awhile ago. Great place! It was on the same street as velario. When he got shut down there was a rumor going around that he had Colombian girls working there illegally. Girl named veronika worked the bar downstairs and every time I walked in she would ask me if I wanted a girl and that they just got some New faces in from Columbia. So maybe it was true. Who knows. I never did see Larry again and that nice place was just abandoned. Nothing ever went in it's place as far as I know. Moe.
[QUOTE=MemoeNasty;2566632]I used to hang in this place and did know Larry. This had to be maybe 2014. It was awhile ago. Great place! It was on the same street as velario. When he got shut down there was a rumor going around that he had Colombian girls working there illegally. Girl named veronika worked the bar downstairs and every time I walked in she would ask me if I wanted a girl and that they just got some New faces in from Columbia. So maybe it was true. Who knows. I never did see Larry again and that nice place was just abandoned. Nothing ever went in it's place as far as I know. Moe.[/QUOTE]The Captain does tell a true story. Larry eventually was released from Mexican prison in very poor health and did die once back in the San Diego area. I do have pictures somewhere of the day those federal SWAT vehicles showed up. The whole story would have made for a good movie, any screenplay writers out there?
And yes Moe, the place still sits empty to this day and you can still see the words "Free Larry" spray painted on the front of the building.
[QUOTE=CaptainSolo;2566521]Every business has to pay cartel taxes. A taco stand had to pay 200 pesos a night. He would have to sell about 600 tacos before he earns enough to pay cartel's tax, Meanwhile the government could not collect any tax.
So most of the citizens are supporting the cartels, not the government. It's obvious that the cartels will be stronger.
With all this violence, corruption, threats, kidnaps, torture, murder, the cartels will kill off any growth and flush Mexico down the toilet.
Larry, the black BBQ chef from San Diego, opened up Nikkis' on Calle 1 years ago, a combination bar, restaurant, hotel.
He brought in women to work the bar and the hotel, most looked way below low caliber in Adelitas and Chicago. They looked different from Mexicans. After about 2 years in business, 2 Venezuelan women accused him of trafficking, that he brought them in as waitresses then forced them into prostitution. About 30 feds agents with armored vehicle came down from Mexico City, surrounded his bar, arrested him and 4 accomplices. He was held in prison in Mexico City awaiting trial and nobody heard from him again. He had health problems and probably died in there..[/QUOTE]I agrees with Moe, unless we are really close to the situation we don't know what's true. Our instincts are to side with the American because he's one of us. Like a family member be blinded by what harmful things one of their own has done. I never heard this story but if police from Mexico City came to get him I'm guessing they knew he was guilty.
Remember the guy a few years ago caught at the border bringing guns into Mexico and he played stupid and his family got the media involved and forced Mexico to let him go. The whole time I assumed he was guilty but with the bad press on Mexico it was easy to get people on his side instead of looking at it from a non bias point of view.
[QUOTE=MemoeNasty;2566632]I used to hang in this place and did know Larry. This had to be maybe 2014. It was awhile ago. Great place! It was on the same street as velario. When he got shut down there was a rumor going around that he had Colombian girls working there illegally. Girl named veronika worked the bar downstairs and every time I walked in she would ask me if I wanted a girl and that they just got some New faces in from Columbia. So maybe it was true. Who knows. I never did see Larry again and that nice place was just abandoned. Nothing ever went in it's place as far as I know. Moe.[/QUOTE]I like reading about past Tijuana clubs. I just googled it here's the article and videos of the club. Yep Tijuana only getting more dangerous by the year. If Tijuana was as safe as Los Angeles even, it would have a quarter million more gringos living in it.
[URL]https://rosaritoenlanoticia.********.com/2014/05/fotos-y-videos-operativo-en-el-bar.html?m=1[/URL]
Dozens of candidates have been killed leading up to Mexico's midterm elections.
The violence has shown how divided, chaotic and intertwined with organized crime Mexico's political system has become.
[URL]https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002604368/dozens-of-candidates-killed-ahead-of-midterms-in-mexico[/URL]
[QUOTE=MemoeNasty;2566632]I used to hang in this place and did know Larry. This had to be maybe 2014. It was awhile ago. Great place! It was on the same street as velario. When he got shut down there was a rumor going around that he had Colombian girls working there illegally. [/QUOTE]Yes, Nikki's has been closed for years. Larry was charged with trafficking and was in prison. His health was very bad and if I recall, he was released and died while with his family.
He had a really good thing going because many of us supported his place, especially the food and bar upstairs. BUT, for whatever reason, he brought in the Colombian chicas and that was his doom. Even worse, the girls were not beauties, like many of the other chicas from Colombia.
Here is the last pic I took in the place.
The gov had to use the police from Mexico City implies that the local police could not be trusted to do a simple arrest. That implies that Larry had his little finger on the buttons of the local LEO. So Larry smells dirty, enough to corrupt the local police.