re: Why do people still think fleeing to Mexico is a thing?

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Usually when I kill someone I flee to Argentina.


I thought the cool kids went to Bolivia.

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I hear people say I'm going to kill someone then flee to Mexico.

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Robert Spencer, a Jacksonville drug dealer, is known for his temper. One day, he gets extremely angry at his girlfriend, and he fires a series of shots into the window aimed at her with the intention of scaring her. She is hit and dies. Spencer, afraid of what he is facing, asks a friend for a ride out of town. His friend takes him to Orlando, but due to his drug use, is driving recklessly, and Spencer fears this will lead to police catching him. Spencer leaves his friend, buys new clothes, and catches a bus to San Diego. He starts a new life in San Diego, where he works hard in a restaurant, and spends a lot of time having fun in clubs. But when he is featured on a national TV series, a friend tips him off. Authorities, receiving tips he is in San Diego, prepare for a takedown at the restaurant where he works. But he has fled several days earlier. He takes the cash his roommate planned to use to pay the rent, then enters Mexico. Initially, he finds life in Tijuana rough, and he goes to the beach, where he meets a man who recommends Cabo San Lucas as a place where he might enjoy living. He uses the remainder of the money he has to catch a bus there. Once in Cabo San Lucas, he starts selling drugs to make money. But he finds it is not too profitable, and he lands himself a job on a tour boat. He quickly makes friends and moves in with a roommate. More than 1½ years after the murder, his roommate's mother is visiting when she suspects something is wrong with Spencer, who is going by the name JJ. She asks Spencer to come clean about why he is living in Mexico, and he says he was falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend. She doesn't believe him and suspects he is a real murderer. Upon her return home, she checks for online information about murders in Jacksonville, and she finds that Spencer is wanted. She contacts authorities, then returns to Mexico. She downplays that she has aided authorities, but assists them in the capture of Spencer. Upon his return from the beach, Spencer is surprised by an arrest team. He receives 32 years in prison.

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