re: California public defender died in 'brutal crime' during Mexico anniversary trip

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He probably voted for this

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You're being sarcastic, but...he probably did. He's a public defender in Cali.

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That is where they had the sketchy bartenders drugging drinks and taking advantage of women.

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Also few years ago they had shootings at a packed night club in Cancun. Makes 'Scarface' look like a Disney movie.

Not even the fact that you can fall victim under a hijacking targeting only tourists.

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Puerto Vallarta

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PV is awesome. At least when I sent a couple years ago. I think it’s the safest tourist destination in Mexico. Acapulco, not so much. Didn’t think it was a big tourist spot anymore. Cartels run the show there.

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Acapulco, not so much. Didn’t think it was a big tourist spot anymore

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That's b/c Acapulco peaked during the 70's up to the 90's.

I went to Acapulco once about 15 years ago and stayed at the princess….it’s super nice, or was anyway. But there’s no way I’d have gone outside the gates.

If you go to the State Department website, you can see all the travel advisories for the various parts of Mexico. Baja/Tijuana, where this man died, has a "Reconsider travel due to crime and kidnapping" advisory. I recently flew down to another part of Mexico that was under a similar travel advisory. Even the "nice" parts of Mexico are very dangerous now. That is not to mention the parts of Mexico under a "do not travel to" advisory because drug cartels and not the Mexican government control vast areas of the country.

It is crazy that all of this organized violent crime is happening just across our border. Our current executive branch is not at all concerned, in fact their policies are emboldening the criminals and lawlessness. It is a despicable situation.