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2008-01-02 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by lotp 2008-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Rosarito used to be a nice beach town, good surfing, better beer, and just down the road from Puerto Nuevo lobster cafes....

now, you take your life in your hands. Well done, Mexico!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-01-02 06:47|| 2008-01-02 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Mexican authorities suspect that the town's police have been colluding with drug trafficking gangs

No. Really?

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-01-02 08:28|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2008-01-02 08:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Mexican authorities suspect that the town's police have been colluding with drug trafficking gangs

Old family ties and associations are just not good enough these days for a patronage job. These people want real money, imported from the States. [You don't see them doing business in Euros]

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-02 08:56|| 2008-01-02 08:56|| Front Page Top

#4 You know, a good border fence would make drug smuggling so much harder...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-02 10:02|| 2008-01-02 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Good fences make good neighbors.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-02 11:47|| 2008-01-02 11:47|| Front Page Top

#6 THe Army didn't like the competition.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-01-02 13:35|| 2008-01-02 13:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Mexican authorities suspect that the town's police have been colluding with drug trafficking gangs

Prolly pissed that someone has been holding back on the Army's share of the booty.

Posted by SteveS 2008-01-02 20:49|| 2008-01-02 20:49|| Front Page Top

#8 When I was a kid (born/raised here) in San Diego, we had no problems in Rosarito, if you didn't drive shitfaced, spill a drink on the wrong guy/girl, or hit on the wrong girl....just like every bar in America. Times have changed, and not for the better

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-01-02 20:54|| 2008-01-02 20:54|| Front Page Top