Only the last one should be police
That would be the US, not Mexico.
No, that’s very much Mexico as well
Is this how we improve the US?
Tell all the racists they’re behaving worse than Mexicans?
Is this how we improve Mexico?
Tell all the Mexicans they’re really just bad Americans?
Sorry but I have been to both countries and only in Mexico did the state police with big guns extorted money from me. And that was not a nice experience.
¿Por que no los dos?
There aren’t mayan pyramids in US
Accurate.
Been to CDMX many times, where I take the subways to get around. I’m a gringo and CDMX has its bad areas like any other big city. They do also have police and cartel problems. Depending on your ethnicity and location, the US is equally dangerous. These things said, I love Mexico City and will always return. It is incredible and the folks who live there are wonderful.
Apparently Yucatan is cool
Yucatan is fucking awesome once you get away from the tourist zones. Great small towns, authentic, safe as best I can tell, strong Mayan culture. I love it.
Only because cartels keep you safe there. Because how else would it be safe if cartels weren’t earning better cash there with the tourist trash?
Cartels have to launder their money somehow, no better way than catering to Midwesterners.
That seems like a logical explanation at first, but how do you launder dirty money by offering services to tourists who bring “clean” money into the country? and wouldn’t the cartels have a multiple in money from drug trades compared to the overall transactions involved in tourism?
I mean, I am not saying you are wrong, it just never occurred to me that this could be more than just a nice additional source of income…
Laundering money is usually mixing dirty cash with clean cash. So you have legit business(es) in a busy area, and you inflate the ‘real’ income with the ‘dirty’ cash. Now you’ve paid taxes on the dirty cash (and can put it in the bank).
oh. yeah, that makes sense! Thank you for the money laundering crash course :D
No problem. The best types of businesses for this deal with a lot of cash, and are ideally service-based. If you are selling goods, then someone could investigate and find that you aren’t buying enough supplies to account for your sales. For laundering millions, real-estate and fine art are popular, since you can buy it cheap, and then inflate it pretty arbitrarily, and sell it (to yourself or a coconspirator) for a huge ‘profit’.
kind of explains the art market :D
I’m Mexican and I agree with this meme.
okay but is everything tinted yellow in Mexico?
Yes, and we all wear big hats and a huge mustache.
Sombreros
No. It’s all tinted Burnt Sienna
That would be the US, not Mexico.
The US doesn’t have chichen itza
We have Missouri
It’s like that family guy cutaway “I set one foot outside the resort!”
I’ve been to Mexico like 6 times.
The first 5 times were all excellent trips, wonderful places, wonderful people.
The sixth time, we were all literally robbed by Mexican police officers at the airport who claimed we couldn’t leave the country without paying an “exit tax” of $200 USD each, and told us we either paid and got on our flight home or we didn’t pay and they took us to prison.
I don’t go back to Mexico now.
Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 has a few videos about migrants coming to America, and a couple of the people he interviewed mentioned being more scared of the Mexican police than the border patrol.
He actually goes to Mexico and hops the border back into America in one of his videos, I highly recommend checking him out.
I highly recommend checking him out.
Didn’t he rape a bunch of women? Or was it just that he turned out to be super pushy when it comes to sex?
There was a drama or something, but at this point I can’t be fucked to fact-check every accusation when so many people get accused of shit. I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.
Either way, his content is informative regardless of his past, so even if he were a rapist or some shit I’d just continue watching with adblock.
I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.
You mean, like, in the comment to which you just replied? Because you are hearing about it here…
This is why we turn the corner when we see cops in Mexico lol
Hah the Mexican cops got me at traffic stop once.
LPT: NOT police men 😶🌫️
These are Mexican Mormons.
Gotta provide some details for us non Mexican folks.
They look like they are part of the federal government?
normally the cartel dresses like the military or three police, one big give away is that the cartel uses tennis instead of boots and act mostly like kids LARPing
It is common for either:
A - cartel to dress up to look like police men (commonly recognized through wearing masks over face)
B - police men to be in cahoots with cartel (iirc this is becoming less and less common)
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Why couldn’t they get his wallet if he was handcuffed?
He’d lift his butt cheek to one side and when they walked over to the other side of the police car he’d switch sides. They were all giggling and finally he said, “I’ll tell you muchacho, you take these cuffs off and I’ll give you half my money.”
(Read the next line with your inner Forrest Gump) And wouldn’t you know it? It worked.
There are autodefensas that dress up and have assault rifles, too. Probably not these guys though.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. The covering of faces I didn’t know.
Thus, plus the random terf fighting in blatantly tourist areas makes me really not want to go there, even to the “safe” afeas
Cartels maybe?
I’m visiting Mexico City for the first time in April.
Hopefully things will be mellow.
Been many times when my brother lived and worked there for three+ years. We are gringos. Never felt unsafe. Sure, he talks about a time at Xochimilco where him same some work colleagues perhaps drew the ire of some locals, but really the worst part of the trip was the few times we needed to get in a taxi.
I’m that vein, that was the one rule we tried to adhere to at the time, make sure, if you take a taxi, to take the sanctioned ones or whatever.
Now, we drove to Oaxaca once, and some of the towns en route to were sketchy looking. Didn’t have any bad experiences but also didn’t bring the car down under like 15mph either.
Enjoy! Bring Pepto. I got Montezuma’s revenge every time. I’m starting to think it was the altitude (couldn’t have been the many michelladas, certainly not).
I’m a local and would NEVER go to Xochimilco. It’s just not worth it.
I think it’s an experience for a visit, but yeah, the kind of thing, if you’re local… why?
Another thing I forgot was that MXC was one of two decent sized earthquakes I ever felt. On the roof of a 17 story building, not ideal, but looking back, pretty neat. The city’s really got it all!
I want to see some chinampas, I find the method of construction fascinating. I’m hoping the water level is high enough to get around in a small boat.
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I have gone many times, every single one has been mellow. I imagine as a local it doesn’t look like that, especially if you have to commute all over the city.
I swear we browse the same communities. You’ll have a great time!
It’s a small (Lemmy) world.
I hope for you it’s mellow, and come back and tell us if everything in Mexico is tinted yellow.
I don’t like CDMX, but I gotta go there for concerts, but I do agree that it is nice for quick trips, just don’t go late in the streets alone… Well don’t go late at all lol.
Thank god criminals have fucked up sleep cycles
Criminals have always counted on the shadows to get away. It’s why when something happens during the day we’re all surprised and we say, “He just did that shit in broad daylight. What a moron!”
Just don’t expect cheese on your quesadillas and you’ll be fine
Hey most of mexico is not that crazy, only central mexico people think quesadillas don’t need queso. Like saying cheeze its don’t have to have cheese.
Plain ones don’t even really taste cheesy tho
Really I just wanted to make it clear how dumb it sounds in spanish to say quesadillas don’t need queso but you’re right
So it’s just a dilla?
This one hurts me, luckily we don’t deal with this in the place where I live.
I’ve read 2666, too
Top one needs to be tinted yellow.
Mexico is naturally tinted yellow because it’s a little wild, a little crazy.
I’ve lived in Mexico for over 20 years now, and yeah there is crime, yeah there are problems, but I rarely felt unsafe, really.
Does this depend on the region you live in? I get the impression border areas are less safe.
There are hot zones, yes. Border zones are less safe, Michoacan (minis the capital) are not a good place to visit either. Celaya as a city should be avoided, but the Rest of Mexico can be reasonably safe, especially the tourist areas.
Mind you, I’ve visited Celaya (and Michoacan) countless times and I’ve seen some shit, but I never really was worried for my safety. Stay in the main roads, tourist areas, you’ll be fine.
Also depends on how gringo you look. Gringos are largely seen as money pinatas.
Basically I’m a soft, doughy ATM.
Hah pretty much. Though the doughy part is optional 😁👍
Is “gringo” where the word “cringe” comes from?
It’s in general use in in Latin America.
Some like gringos, some very much do not.
Cringe comes from the Old English word “cringan” which means to give way or to bend, which is exactly what your body does when you cringe because of an awkward situation. Demographic (Who Uses This Word). Today, the young and old use the word cringe, since it has been popularized by Gen Z on social media. It is now used as an expression when faced with an awkward situation.
You ever been to London? I hear about stabbings a violence occasionally, sometimes places I’m very close to. But they’re always gang related, if you’re not in a gang, you’re probably safe.
I feel like Mexico is kinda similar with an added bonus of don’t walk around with expensive stuff or look like an easy target.
Does that sound right?
Take my money, just don’t hurt my tacos!
