Medellin Reports

I'm pretty sure it is not illegal to be in a hotel room or anywhere else with people of that age. So, assuming he was not caught red handed and assuming the girls did not lodge a complaint, Colombia could conceivably have been on the wrong side of a habeas corpus claim if they locked him up. I've seen conflicting reports about whether he was detained. I haven't yet seen information about the basis of reported arrest warrants. The local media are characteristically over the top when a foreigner is implicated in any major crime. I think a good way to understand the reporting is to compare to transportation deaths. Child abuse committed by Colombians would be the equivalent of automobile accident deaths, something that happens several time a day every day. By comparison foreigner involvement in that sort of crime would be the equivalent of airplane crash deaths. Think of how airplane crash deaths are reported versus automobile accident deaths are reported. One is a very rare event and the other is so frequent it doesn't make the news unless there is an extraordinary angle, like the Colombian who was almost lynched in Medellin this week over rumors he abused his very young stepdaughter.

[QUOTE=Gabacho;2905812]The real question is why did they release him and allow him to leave Colombia if they had in fact found him in his hotel room with two 12 and 13 year old girls?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=LoveItHere;2905936]There are at least 50 foreigners nearly every day in Centro (not so much Sunday). Look at the Youtube videos. There is a regular bench that several "rats" sit at least 3-4 times every week starting around 3:00 when the sun is not on them. There is 5 guys right there on that one bench. I was there during the covid lockdown and there were 4 of us foreigners in one hotel near the church at Centro when there were very few tourists what so ever. True, do not walk Centro after 8:30-9:00 pm.[/QUOTE]50 might be a bit much. Depending on the time of day will make a difference too. When I go to Centro I usually go earlier in day like 11 am - 2 pm and there definitely would not be 50 gringos around the Botero / Veracruz / Cra53 area at that time of day. Maybe later in the afternoon and evening there are more but 50 is a bit much I would say from my observation that there are about 20-25 gringos mongering in the area in comparison to hundreds of locals out and about.

I know about 2 pm onward until about 7 pm there are more chicas out and around 5 pm there will often be so many people trying to use hotel Botero real that there will literally be a line and you have to wait a while to get a room, I hate that and try to avoid that so that's one of the reasons I like to go earlier in the day.

I agree that Sundays are slow and there are less chicas as well as less gringos and less local mongers basically less people in general and many of the cheap restaurants are closed on Sundays but I have gone on Sundays and found some gems that I hadn't spotted on weekdays so you never know even the slow day may be a good day.

Gabacho.

[QUOTE=MoonShot;2905977]If they are normally charging $50 or more, they aren't going to take $10.[/QUOTE]That wouldn't be the same job really, the general MO in centro is a covered rato for up to half hour or 1 pop (whichever comes first, some are done in like 10 minutes so quite an easy money), I assume they don't charge 250 mil for half hour of that in Poblado, so that's not really a like-for-like comparison. Theoretically with various extras she could get around 100 mil in Centro out of 1 client, which is getting close to half of Poblado rate and considering that apparently (so I hear) most of them don't find a client every day there is not such a dramatic income difference. Also a lot them can't (or don't want) just pick up and go abroad as if it's nothing, have family, life and friends here, costs of living are different as well.

Well, we can speculate, the time will tell, Poblado is big, rich tourist will still be staying there, so probably they'll just move outside of banned area and try intercept the clients en route to Provenza / Lleras.

Thinking about going to Medellin. How is the Parque lleras area now? Thanks.

[QUOTE=Gabacho;2906007]50 might be a bit much.[/QUOTE]I have stayed at Centro zero, across the street from Centro, and within 3 blocks of Centro. Last time there was for 6 months and left December 2023. I came and went twice a day on average for 2-3 hours per day. 50 foreigners most days. There are the rats that park on the bench at times for 5+ hours, guys that visit for 1-2 hours, and the guys that simply do a walk through a few times and leave who largely want to see what the fuss is about and give up hunting in less than one hour. Granted I estimate that 40% are the less than one hour variety so you will not see most of them. I notice because the time I spent there I could tell the regulars who many may think were locals. Many you may think are tourists are mongering but very lazily who do not know what they are doing and largely are the 2 week Poblado Warriors just sorta passing through.

[QUOTE=Rahsta;2906075]Thinking about going to Medellin. How is the Parque lleras area now? Thanks.[/QUOTE]Have you not read about the mayor in the latest news and that has so many posts on the last 3 pages of this site? I think you should stay home.

Wow, Medellin is not looking good.

[URL]https://youtu.be/FykjYKokuKU?si=k03DehlaoXOpXhRV[/URL]

[QUOTE=Rahsta;2906075]Thinking about going to Medellin. How is the Parque lleras area now? Thanks.[/QUOTE]There's protests in Lleras now. All the pro clubs have signs from locals plastered on them.

Saw a video today of the protests in LLeras. One of those are locals kicking out regular tourists in Pergamino while having their coffee. If this doesn't tell you anything idk what does. Looks like it's the end of Medellin now for everyone. I really hope they are sticking to this until the end without regrets. Lots of people went unemployed and businesses shut down. Gentrification in full effect. I still love Medellin though. It just needed a long break. They will surely miss the tourists money from now on.

[QUOTE=LoveItHere69;2906076]I have stayed at Centro zero, across the street from Centro, and within 3 blocks of Centro. Last time there was for 6 months and left December 2023. I came and went twice a day on average for 2-3 hours per day. 50 foreigners most days. There are the rats that park on the bench at times for 5+ hours, guys that visit for 1-2 hours, and the guys that simply do a walk through a few times and leave who largely want to see what the fuss is about and give up hunting in less than one hour. Granted I estimate that 40% are the less than one hour variety so you will not see most of them. I notice because the time I spent there I could tell the regulars who many may think were locals. Many you may think are tourists are mongering but very lazily who do not know what they are doing and largely are the 2 week Poblado Warriors just sorta passing through.[/QUOTE]Then you must have seen me before. The bald headed guy with goatee always sporting Alaska hoodies even if it was warm out. Always fucking and getting out quick then coming back after eating lunch and fucking again LOL. Good times. Love that shit.

I've only been gone since the 25th but I already miss my beloved Colombia.

Calm down man, you are going to give yourself a heart attack. The merchants are protesting because their earning power is being clipped for six months and they were offered no compensation. My guess is the mayor will negotiate and pull back some of the restrictions. If you aren't comfortable you should stay away and let everyone else decide for themselves. There is no need to stress over this.

[QUOTE=ElSexoChino7;2906107]Saw a video today of the protests in LLeras. One of those are locals kicking out regular tourists in Pergamino while having their coffee. If this doesn't tell you anything idk what does. Looks like it's the end of Medellin now for everyone. I really hope they are sticking to this until the end without regrets. Lots of people went unemployed and businesses shut down. Gentrification in full effect. I still love Medellin though. It just needed a long break. They will surely miss the tourists money from now on.[/QUOTE]

What do the signs say, "welcome to Medellin"?

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2906093]There's protests in Lleras now. All the pro clubs have signs from locals plastered on them.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MoonShot;2905977]For example, lets say you are a plumber and you normally charge $150 and you think you are a good plumber. Business is slow and then a guy calls you up and says I will pay you $10 to fix my pipes. Now, you may say, $10 is better than nothing but I can assure you that the plumber would rather pass on the job than take an amount that he thinks is insulting due to pride and his thoughts on the value of what he offers. Most high end girls in Poblado will think the same way. If they are normally charging $50 or more, they aren't going to take $10.[/QUOTE]A plumber has sunk costs and overhead and it is likely to cost him over $10 to even get to the job. All a chick with a pussy has to do is show up. Most of the time they even make you pay to get them there and back home. So the plumber has to subtract the cost of doing business from the $10 (which could easily be more than the $10 payment), while to the hooker the $10 is pure profit.

[QUOTE=Gabacho;2905619]There was this dude on here InsolentSpike that was trying to hook me up with one of his chicas named Alejandra who was a 50 mil Centro girl and she was trying to say she charged 250 mil and only worked in Poblado (needless to say I told the bi*ch to kick rocks)..[/QUOTE]Sorry about that bro. She asked me if I had friends and I told her I did. Didn't know she would pull that shit.

[QUOTE=InsolentSpike;2906128]Sorry about that bro. She asked me if I had friends and I told her I did. Didn't know she would pull that shit.[/QUOTE]No problem bro. Sorry I blocked you last year.