Mexico

"R.J.(Bob) Evans" <bob d0t evans at sasktel d0t net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 05:08:25 GMT canoli@not wrote:
>
> >For those of you who think visiting Mexico is all margaritas and
> >mariachis, this week the local newspaper is reporting on the ongoing
> >shakedowns of gringo tourists in Tijuana by Mexican policemen.
> >
> >Today's horror story involves a couple and their young son, accosted
> >by four local cops just as they were about to walk across the border
> >back into the U.S. The husband was forced to go to an ATM and
> >withdraw money to pay a bribe to the cops, the wife was taken to a
> >police station, strip searched, and raped.
> >
> >The extortion problem has apparently been happening for some time, the
> >newspaper citing approximately one dozen cases reported but not
> >publicized in the last few weeks.
>
> Care to post a link to this stuff or is this just some tabloid trash
> that you have mistaken for news?
>
>
> R.J.(Bob) Evans
> (return address needs alteration to work)

I have read it in the Vancouver Sun; it is not exactly unusual for this type
of occurrences in Mexico, although much has been done by the Mexican
government to eliminate corruption, the old guard is still there.
Wade

"Guess Who?" <DonLampson@> wrote in message
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> Ed
> I went through basic training at Ft. Bliss, but didn't see any "Date
> Bugs". (another name) Of course, it was in the Winter, that was
> probably the reason...
> In fact, it got down to 14 degrees, on the night of an 18 mile
> "hike", and the water froze in our canteens!
> I didn't see any bugs while I was there, except for some "crabs",
> one trooper caught in Juarez!
> Don
We were living off base in an old (I think) converted bordello. Not a real
nice place but all an E1 could afford.
Ed

"Tom Shaw" <a0005868@airmail.net> wrote in message
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> Aren't all the proximate buildings to Ft. Bliss converted bordelos?
> TS
> "Ed" <edgar88@att.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Guess Who?" <DonLampson@> wrote in message
> > news:16161-3FC3CC5B-264@storefull-2178.public.lawson....
> > > Ed
> > > I went through basic training at Ft. Bliss, but didn't see any
"Date
> > > Bugs". (another name) Of course, it was in the Winter, that was
> > > probably the reason...
> > > In fact, it got down to 14 degrees, on the night of an 18 mile
> > > "hike", and the water froze in our canteens!
> > > I didn't see any bugs while I was there, except for some "crabs",
> > > one trooper caught in Juarez!
> > > Don
> > We were living off base in an old (I think) converted bordello. Not a
> real
> > nice place but all an E1 could afford.
> > Ed

This time it was converted FROM. Old Spanish style with one aisle and about
7-8 one room apts on each side. The walls of the building must have been 15
inches thick.