Slack wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:50:07 -0800, (Pete Cresswell) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Personally, I've had nothing but excellant experiences with the people of
>> Mexico. The salt of the earth, as far as I'm concerned.
>>
>> Having said that, one observation: From all accounts I've heard/read;
>> in Mexico
>> the police/Federales/whatever are part of the problem. That adds a
>> spooky
>> little twist to things IMHO.
>
>
>
> I can personally attest to that having been "pulled over" by the
> bastards. Fortunately, my best friend spoke fluent Spanish.
>
> We drove down a secluded street as the Feds followed. I told my friend,
> if it gets bad, just give me the signal and we kill them, then bolt
> straight for the boarder. Finally, after a lengthly conversation, I
> whipped out like $60 to give'm and we carried on with the rest of our
> trip.
There are four different "officials" in Mexico. The local Policia, who
are basically drunk all day. They were very pleasant to deal with. We
saw them quite often, usually driving their entire five person family in
the front cab of the police pickup. Then the Military. These guys are
basically the equivelant of the Army Corp of Engineers, but they love
holding their m-16's (or whatever the new equivalent is called). They
run a border stop, but again are pretty much drunk the whole time. They
always waved when we rode by. Then you have the federales. These are
the bad guys (but not the worst). You just give them some cash and they
go on their way. The ones you want to watch out for are the secret
police. These guys are supposed to make sure that the others are not
currupt. The only problem is that they take that power to their head.
They will travel in threes. The lead guy wuill always have a dark suit
and a briefcase. The other two are usually giant sized meatheads whose
sole pupose is to beat you to a pulp, without any questions. You
usually have had to do something really arrogant to get their attention.
We didn't see any of them on the trip.
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