Seriously... WTF is going on in Mexico

[backbreaker]

You know I try to stay out of the politics stuff here but this is getting out of control

NYPost – Leaving the audience wanting more is the goal of every musician, unless you’re a musician in violence-torn Mexico. Two members of local group La Excelencia were murdered in a Guadalajara bar early Monday morning after refusing to play more songs past closing time, El Occidental of Mexico reported. When La Excelencia’s performance came to an end around 4 a.m. local time, four reportedly intoxicated and aggressive audience members demanded the musicians continue playing. Sensing trouble, the group extended its set by two songs, but was eventually forced to pull the plug by the bar’s owner, according to El Occidental. Out of nowhere, one of the instigators threw a grenade at the stage. The explosion injured one person and had panicked customers running for the exits. Martinez and Alejandro were among those who fled the bar, but they were met at the front door by a hail of bullets, presumably from the same four men who had harassed them earlier.

 

[Nygard]

That's only on the news because it's near the US. Here in just ONE, read that again, just ONE state, there have been 45 murders on 2011. That's around 15 or 20 more than the whole country of Mexico ever since the year started. They don't call us the murder capital of the world for nothing, and don't get me started on common crime. On average, from 30% to 50% of the cities' inhabitants here are robbed each year and only 0.8% of the criminals are prosecuted.

 

[Julius_Seizeher]

It's all about the drugs in Mexico. Who else would be hanging out in a bar at 4am with grenades on their person, save for a couple off-duty hired guns of the cartels?

It really is getting crazy down there. They are finding decapitated bodies all over the place, gun fights in the streets with the policia and national guard, nuts.

Mexico really needs to turn their sh!t around. Unfortunately, they probably have the most famously corrupt government in the world, and law enforcement is a for-profit enterprise down there.

 

[FieldReportGuy7]

How much do vigilante snipers get paid these days???......


Mexico seems like the perfect place to pull that off.

 

[Drdeee]

One word here, NAFTA.

 

[Slickster]

That's only on the news because it's near the US. Here in just ONE, read that again, just ONE state, there have been 45 murders on 2011. That's around 15 or 20 more than the whole country of Mexico ever since the year started. They don't call us the murder capital of the world for nothing, and don't get me started on common crime. On average, from 30% to 50% of the cities' inhabitants here are robbed each year and only 0.8% of the criminals are prosecuted.

Ny,

You've got to get out of there man! It sounds scary.

 

[L B]

Carnival, Other Cruise Lines Fleeing California

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12613050

"The cruise industry is seeing signs of recovery in Florida and elsewhere, but persistent drug-related violence has meant fading interest in cruises to Mexico, the chief destination of California-based ships."

 

[horaholic]

Carnival, Other Cruise Lines Fleeing California

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12613050

"The cruise industry is seeing signs of recovery in Florida and elsewhere, but persistent drug-related violence has meant fading interest in cruises to Mexico, the chief destination of California-based ships."

I heard Cali taxes the cruise industry so hard they cannot afford to be there anyway.

 

[spider_007]

i'll get worse before it gets better.

 

[Nygard]

If you don't believe me, look what they found of a routine inspection today:

http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/occidente/IMAGEN/IMAGEN-8793510-2.jpg