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My co-worker was in Tulum with his wife and got shook down by police
RockyBalboa
Feb 20, 7:54am
I knew a mission president in Mexico that had this happen.
Mister P
Feb 20, 7:57am
Has anyone ever recognized any of the cops in church? tic
Ripliancum
Feb 20, 9:22am
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SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 11:04am
Yes. Happened to us twice on family vacation 25 years ago.
AggieWeekendCougar
Feb 20, 7:58am
Happens all the time. They should have demanded to go to the police station.
volleyjiver
Feb 20, 7:58am
Pay the bribe and move on--especially if you're with wife/kids. There's no
Mjolnir
Feb 20, 10:05am
I ran into trouble with a border guard on the Belize border at Chetumal.
Choke
Feb 20, 10:10am
Generally, but not always. Know someone that was locked up for something similar
NYC and Japan
Feb 20, 12:01pm
The issue is that police are some of the lowest paid professionals in Mexico. The only way they can get to a decent
airwolf
Feb 20, 7:58am
different part of Mexico, but that happened on my mission, cops love the bribe
Avery
Feb 20, 7:59am
Coima was one of the first words I learned in Argentina.
ochobeeguy
Feb 20, 9:08am
The traperos were the ones that killed me.
BlueNtheFace
Feb 20, 11:09am
It's 'mordida' in Mexico
mobicurious
Feb 20, 9:55am
Yeah. Happened to me as a missionary.
TexanY
Feb 20, 8:01am
I had a buddy who was driving down to rocky point
Gunga Galunga
Feb 20, 8:02am
This happens to tourists daily in Mexico
chismoso
Feb 20, 8:03am
I want to post the bribe scene from We're The Millers. but can't. IYKYK
crimedog
Feb 20, 8:04am
RE: I want to post the bribe scene from We're The Millers. but can't. IYKYK
IGlowInTheDark
Feb 20, 8:06am
Near Tijuana. I don't think it was even a real cop though and he didn't have anybody with him so I just drove off
mokelembembe
Feb 20, 8:05am
5k pesos are $293
RSL
Feb 20, 8:05am
I just have zero desire to ever go to Mexico.
jxncoog
Feb 20, 8:07am
That's fine i guess. There are places in Mexico where I would love to retire that are perfectly safe.
RSL
Feb 20, 8:08am
I know it's really close minded of me
jxncoog
Feb 20, 8:10am
Nah, I don't think it's close-minded. It has to do with familiarity, certainly.
RSL
Feb 20, 8:13am
THIS - it is all about your comfort level. There are many places in the world I would not go or live. Yet many people
airwolf
Feb 20, 8:15am
We have friends who retired there. Been there for 7 years and love it.
Supercoug
Feb 20, 8:53am
What part? San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato City, Oaxaca, or even parts of Mexico City would be amazing.
RSL
Feb 20, 8:58am
Lake Chapala. Tons of Americans and Canadians there.
Supercoug
Feb 20, 8:59am
I was all in until you said Canadians were there. I have standards.
RSL
Feb 20, 9:02am
A bigger question: Does anyone from Orem live there?
The Farm
Feb 20, 10:51am
Nowhere in Mexico is perfectly safe
mobicurious
Feb 20, 10:06am
never call the cops no matter the crime? Yikes, that doesn't seem safe at all.
runnincoug
Feb 20, 12:56pm
That instruction used to be part of the formal training for all missionaries
mobicurious
Feb 20, 12:59pm
So who do you call if there really is a problem?
runnincoug
Feb 20, 1:00pm
Pray, flee...
mobicurious
Feb 20, 1:56pm
My son called the cops when he was in Juarez (las Casas Grandes)
jxncoog
Feb 20, 1:55pm
Plenty feel like you, but this is the real truth:
mvtoro
Feb 20, 8:24am
Crazy that there are still members down in Colonia Juarez &
gopman
Feb 20, 9:07am
Yes, it happened to me once. I pulled a bold move and asked the cop for his
Yucatan
Feb 20, 8:07am
User name checks out.
sethj250
Feb 20, 8:24am
Do they even have amendments down there that you can cite?
Q-grr
Feb 20, 8:48am
No idea, and I doubt the cops know the law that well either. Haha
Yucatan
Feb 20, 9:12am
No, and if they did, it still wouldn't matter.
Mjolnir
Feb 20, 10:06am
I got stopped in playa del Carmen. Didn't pay a dime.
rad dawg
Feb 20, 8:10am
Exactly this. If you speak Spanish and tell them that you know they can't do
volleyjiver
Feb 20, 8:15am
Yeah bro.
-C9-
Feb 20, 8:17am
Happened in Tijuana when we made some wrong turns. Drove us to 3-4 different
cougaman
Feb 20, 8:19am
Happened to me. Exactly the same M.O.
RugbyCoug
Feb 20, 8:25am
I have rented a car three times in Playa/Tulum and never had a problem.
El Careeb
Feb 20, 8:26am
Tulum is over priced slum
byukarl
Feb 20, 8:30am
If you want a safe vacation spot go to Oaxaca. Beautiful beaches if you go to the coast and wonderful colonial city
airwolf
Feb 20, 8:45am
Nowhere is immune now - poverty and corruption is everywhere
mobicurious
Feb 20, 9:59am
Brother in law was shaken down for $5,000 in the airport at Cancun
Greg Kite's 'stache
Feb 20, 8:32am
Why on Earth was he carrying that much cash to begin with?
gopman
Feb 20, 9:05am
So much of this story sounds shady. And not from the Mexican side.
HugoStiglitz
Feb 20, 9:52am
That guy is lucky they didn't ask for all of it
mobicurious
Feb 20, 10:30am
You'd get busted for coming into the US with $30k in cash and not declaring it.
Japan Coug
Feb 20, 11:50am
He's lucky the Chinese authorities didn't bust him! Over $5k needs a declaration
morningcalmcougar
Feb 20, 9:44pm
If you do some googling on driving in Mexico, this is pretty common
justAnotherCoug
Feb 20, 8:40am
2x. Once with a van of 10 brand new American Elders on the way to get Visas
LCcoug
Feb 20, 8:48am
RE: My co-worker was in Tulum with his wife and got shook down by police
arizonacougarfan
Feb 20, 8:51am
Notice how Campeche and Yucatán are at the bottom of the list. Mérida is safer
Yucatan
Feb 20, 8:54am
I would love to get lost for a couple of weeks in Oaxaca, too.
RSL
Feb 20, 9:04am
Same. I have been to 8 states, but not to Oaxaca yet. I'll get there eventually.
Yucatan
Feb 20, 9:08am
I lived in Mexico for a few years, and was stopped twice by traffic cops. Both
Japan Coug
Feb 20, 8:58am
I went to visit my wife's family in Mexico a couple of years ago. My wife's aunt
25mphman
Feb 20, 9:04am
Exactly.
Japan Coug
Feb 20, 11:44am
Spend much time anywhere in Mexico and it would be unusual to not have experienced it.
Byron McNertney
Feb 20, 9:06am
On his mission in Argentina, my brother was pulled from the train by the police.
mccledg
Feb 20, 9:20am
Family member in Cancun
Choke
Feb 20, 9:27am
My sister got arrested a few years ago at the border of Mexico.
ldssdl
Feb 20, 9:32am
That is super strange. Were they in an RV or something?
rad dawg
Feb 20, 9:41am
I'm pretty sure it was just a sedan. Probably just a random inspection.
ldssdl
Feb 20, 9:55am
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SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 12:11pm
Happened to me on my mission multiple times. Got to a point where I just wouldnt
EDthoracotomy
Feb 20, 9:41am
That’s crazy, Mexican cops are traditionally well known for being honest and never shaking down tourists for money
JohnnyComeLately
Feb 20, 9:47am
Who drives in those places?? That’s a terrible idea
pink22
Feb 20, 9:55am
Happens all the time
Real Men Wear Blue
Feb 20, 10:06am
I've been approached for shake-downs hundreds of times while in Mexico
mobicurious
Feb 20, 10:13am
Tulum was once a quiet safe place. Last year a shootout in the Starbucks
pspcres
Feb 20, 11:02am
Hundreds of times? I've spent a ton of time in Mexico: lived there for 3+ years
Japan Coug
Feb 20, 11:57am
On my mission - probably 50+ just in 2 years
mobicurious
Feb 20, 12:45pm
And I should add, I'm 6'4 and the whitest-looking gringo you'll see in Mexico
mobicurious
Feb 20, 12:48pm
Read that as "shot down" and still wasn't surprised…
ochobeeguy
Feb 20, 10:25am
that pretty much happened to me in Montana
LHA
Feb 20, 10:28am
My companion and I got shaken down by a cop in Germany.
cheezedawg
Feb 20, 10:46am
This story costs 5 BYU students $6,000 EACH
SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 11:06am
Your daughter and my sister might be friends.
ldssdl
Feb 20, 11:46am
Probably so. I thought it was $6,000 each. So you paid $12,000?
SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 12:12pm
The parents of the kid who drove the car paid for everyone.
ldssdl
Feb 20, 1:58pm
Yeah that
SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 2:03pm
Yeah that's lame they are not paying the other parent back who bailed their
SoValleyCOUG
Feb 20, 2:04pm
This is Mexico. Notice the colors.
KCFan85
Feb 20, 11:37am
Happens all the time there. Make sure you have the right amount in your wallet.
Hill4Heisman
Feb 20, 11:47am
I was in Cozumel last year our last day my buddy and I rented scooters to drive
Sircumference
Feb 20, 12:57pm
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