It definitely depends on the town, but the disturbing trend is that there are now organized gangs that kidnap Americans as a business. That has been going on for years in Mexico City with everyone, not just foreigners, but it is a recent phenomenon in Baja.
As for DC being more dangerous than Baja, I agree, Congress is a menace to us all! On Feb 6, 2008 8:41 PM, Dana wrote: > > I am not saying you are wrong, mind. I have read exactly this about > Baja. It is just not my experience in Chihuahua, Guanajato, Veracruz > or Oaxaca. Naturally you have to watch out in Laredo and Juarez, and > there are beggars elsewhere, but I'd consider it rather les dangerous > than Wahington DC, so I think the Kidnapping problem is perhaps local > to Baja. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
