What has happened, David, is that 3 factions (drug cartels, political parties, independent bandits) have all been putting pressure on the police & local governments to the point that the police are totally ineffective and, perhaps, in cahoots with any and/or all of them. It results in general lawlessness and promotes and encourages robberies by bands of free-lance bandits--on all levels. What you have is chaos and confusion as to what's really going on, where, when, why, and by whom. The solution, when it comes, and the getting to it, is gonna be interesting. And don't forget: Every 100 years there is a revolution in Mexico. --Ediger
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:55 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > The U.S. State Department released this statement yesterday: > > "Recently, Monterrey has seen a significant increase of armed > robberies in restaurants, coffee shops and > convenience stores. The robberies follow a similar modus operandi: a > small group of armed individuals enter > their target location, guard the doors and take purses, wallets, > phones and other valuables from the patrons > inside. None of these robberies have resulted in violence or kidnapping." > > > I saw somewhere else that they ordered their embassy and consulate > staff to not be on the road at night > around Monterrey, but haven't found confirmation of that. > > > Anybody have any theories about how things got like this? I lived > in Monterrey briefly during the summers > of 1987 and 1988, and did all kinds of stuff at night, and I never > felt or sensed danger. It seems to me these > guys see expensive things they want, and they see that they can never > have those things while working > the kinds of jobs their parents worked. > > > > > Not related below, but worth mentioning, > > The U.S. gov't recently posted to be careful around water at 2 > particular hotels in Cozumel, > as there have been cases of Legionnaries disease, suggesting it is in > the jacuzzi's or the bath water, or > swimming pool. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
