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2007-09-26 Caribbean-Latin America

Quagmire! Gunmen open fire on Tijuana federal police building

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Posted by Frank G 2007-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 FREEREPUBLIC Poster > MEXICO IS IN A STATE OF WAR. Mexico's Govt has asked Washington DC for greater Financial, Law Enforcement, and even Military Assistance. *OTOH, WND > MEXI MAYOR comes out in tacit suppor of North Amer Union idea, says Mahico + USA + Canada should become integrated.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-26 03:12|| 2007-09-26 03:12|| Front Page Top

#2 This is going to be a problem in the U.S. too.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-09-26 09:23|| 2007-09-26 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I cross at Tecate (40 miles east) when going to Ensenada...by-passing TJ altogether..

Posted by crazyhorse 2007-09-26 16:51|| 2007-09-26 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 The Baja Federales have the reputation of being Mexico's most corrupt law enforcement agents.

Once you get past the border region, the people are nice, honest (my experiences, YMMV), and friendly...

I could not agree with you more. I drove down from Silicon Valley to see the 1991 total solar eclipse. Made the run from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas in almost exactly 24 hours flat. It was disturbing as hell to see Mexican army regulars carrying automatic weapons posted at the Pemex gasoline stations. I can only suppose it was to keep the Federales in line. Mexico's politicians didn't want all the astronomers and tourists returning to America with tales of shake-downs and extortion.

Save for one incident at Magdalene Bay on my return leg, everyone I met was friendly and polite. The food was great and the scenery was jaw-dropping. Imagine driving across almost 100 miles of high plains desert on a road built with a bulldozer and a laser pointer. Arrow straight, you can lash the steering wheel to your stickshift, plop a brick on the accelerator and take a nap.

Suddenly you drop down the side of a steep mountain pass into the quaint town of Santa Rosalia, which contains a church built with trusses designed by Gustave Eiffel, of the Paris tower fame. Another jog inland and back out to the coast brings you to the lush palm-thronged oasis of the Rio Santa river valley. Shortly thereafter you hit the Sea of Cortez's coastline with stunning turquoise blue waters and pearly white sand beaches.

Cabo was a forgettable overdeveloped tourist trap, but I'll never forget watching the sun disappear while slurping down cold Pacifico lagers. While slightly off the path of totality, it turns out that the optimum viewing spot in Todos Santoswhich I passed through at 5:00 in the morningended up being fogged in for the event. My completionist fetish that drove me to make it border-to-tip in one go turned out to be the best possible plan.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-26 20:48|| 2007-09-26 20:48|| Front Page Top

#5 LUCIANNE > MARXIST [Terror-Insurgent]]GROUP RESURFACES. After 3 yarns.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-26 23:08|| 2007-09-26 23:08|| Front Page Top

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