re: 4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care(update 2 dead)

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I know of several women that went to Mexico to have tummy tuck surgery. It’s easier to get the procedure done in Mexico than in the US supposedly.

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But in a border town? I didn’t even want the chiclets the kids were pushing nonstop when I went to Tijuana.

Chiclet. Chiclet. Chiclet…
Years and years later it still rings in my ears.

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The female allegedly was going to get a Tummy Tuck operation. If you have seen the uncut / unblurred video, at least two of them are dead already. Most likely all of them by this point. Cartels don't play.

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We burry a lot of people here in this country too.

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So, honest question.
As an American hypothetically wanting to have a tummy tuck or any procedure really, how do you know which doctors are legit/good or not?
Google? Yelp? Tripadvisor?
I've spent months at a time in different countries across the world, and minor medical issues have come up a couple of times. Usually a friend/associate will just take me to the doctor, as there is a language barrier. Point being, I've had excellent care, even in some pretty random places, BUT, I've also had a personal "local" advocate/translator.
Perhaps I've answered my own question, but what if you don't have that friend with local connections and knowledge?

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I don't know the answer about the general American population. However, I do know people who live in the Valley. Pretty much everyone in the Valley could easily find out by word of mouth who the "good" docs and dentists are. It's been a few years, but I used to have some work in Mission and Brownsville and it seemed like half the city got their dental care by "jumping the ditch" as they called it. I'm sure it was the same for cosmetic procedures. I think it would be very helpful to have a translator, but I bet many of these docs speak English as that's the customer they are catering to.

ETA: All the folks I knew who talked about this went to Reynosa and not Matamoros. Matamoros has been known for being held by the Cartels for years!

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Florida Man
15 hours ago

I checked with Blue Cross and hostage negotiations are only covered if it's a non-elective medical procedure.

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LINK

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Too bad our healthcare system is such trash that people have to risk going to Matamoros

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She went to get a cosmetic tummy tuck, not covered by standard healthcare, dumbass

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Also, the fentanyl "crisis" is such over-hyped fear-mongering

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FBI statistics beg to differ, you dishonest POS

I know a guy who, every few months, flies himself in his little Cessna or whatever a few hundred miles to Eagle Pass. He crosses over to get his meds and flies back home, same day. It’s not narcotics, just medication for gout and chronic shite and apparently it saves him enough money to be worth spending the whole day doing that.

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I wonder if one Cartel was working with Haitans and another one wanted to sabotage their exchange. Then saw a car full of black people , some with dredlocks and kidnapped them. Then soon after realized they were Americans and left them all at that house.

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With the amount of Haitians who have been crossing because of the unrest there it seems likely. May not even been that coordinated, just the cartels taking advantage of the desperation from Haitians moving through there to move their product for them

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, the fentanyl "crisis" is such over-hyped fear-mongering

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Literally any drug that is powder or a pill has had counterfeit drugs found made with Fentanyl.
I get it's hyped but it's killing people every day.

Not sure how they completely missed one person with the number or rounds they unleashed