You mean there's kidnappings and killings in Mexico?!?! Who would have thought?
I would NEVER go to Mexico for vacation. It wouldn't even cross my mind. That place is like a ticking time bomb it seems.
OH True, you are so young as are most of the forum.
In 1974 we had to cross country from Vallejo Cal to Kittery Maine.
Hubby was changing duty stations. This was 36 years ago.
Hubby had a beard and military hair cut, Zumwalt had OK'd the beard for Navy personal at that time.
We were told as we had the military sticker on the Blazer and hubby had the beard, that we should not go into Mexico for any reason.
We set out with 4 kids and the Saint Bernard towing a small travel trailer down the coast of California and picked up RT.10.
We found as this was August that to keep the 200 pound dog alive we had to stop and pour water on him every 6 hours, we had no air conditioning in the Blazer.
We had to find gas so off the highway somewhere in N.M we found a gas station in the middle of no where. Pulled up to the pumps and Hubby went inside to pay for the gas and he came out with 3 of the scareyest men I have to this day seen.
They were walking around the car and trailer checking us out, smiling and laughing and pointing at my oldest blond daughter age 10 and me.
One was standing at the pump and hubby would have had to push him aside to pump gas. As this was going on, I was trying to find the 22 mag. At least at this time I think that what the gun was, that was under my feet with a pile of the kids dirty cloths.
About the time I found the sucker and took off the safety the Big Dog came awake and drooling stuck his head out the window and let out a bark, growl what ever from hell.
These 3 men ran back into the station and Hubby pumped the gas and we drove on.
We got to San Antonio and again problems arose but that is another story----------Needless to say that huge dog kept us alive going across the highway back all those years ago.
This is not something new, it has been going on for close to 100 years, perhaps longer.
Hate to say it but back then when we drove through Mississippi at night for some reason Hubby kept the gun in his lap, we had 4 kids to protect and were not about to just vanash as some military family's had crossing country.
That military sticker on the car was a heads up for the monsters that then and today look for those that will not be missed for weeks.