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Violence against Canadians in Mexico
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| Skipper |
Another incident. wtf is going on down there?
Globe and Mail:
| quote: | A young Canadian woman has survived a brutal beating that left her unconscious on an elevator floor at an elegant, five-star resort in Mexico.
The woman, who is thought to be in her 20s, was found lying on the floor of the elevator on Saturday night.
She had been staying at the Hotel Riu Emerald Bay in Punta Cerritos, in the Mexican resort area of Mazatlan. Police and Canadian consular officials had contacted the woman’s family last night.
“Our thoughts are with the badly injured Canadian and her family during this difficult time,” said Aliya Mawani, a spokesman for the federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
“Our officials in Mexico are providing consular assistance to her and her family and are in contact with Mexican authorities,” Ms. Mawani said.
A local news site – noroeste.com – reported that the woman was found lying in a pool of blood. Her condition was considered serious. The report said that investigators believe she may have been assaulted in a hotel room and dragged down the hall to the elevator, where she was left by her assailant to be discovered.
The agency described the victim as having brown hair and a light complexion.
The Hotel Riu is a self-contained, exclusive resort with several swimming pools and wide range of restaurants, gyms and spas.
The attack was the latest in a series of violent incidents that involve Canadians who were visiting Mexico or who had taken up residence there.
Earlier this month, Salid Abdulacis Sabas – a 35-year-old man of Iranian descent who carried Canadian identification – was found dead in a street in Culiacan, in Sinaloa state. He had sustained gunshot wounds to his head.
On Jan. 4, another Canadian, Ximena Osegueda – a 39-year-old University of British Columbia student – was found stabbed to death and burned on a beach near Huatulco. Her hands had been tied behind her back and her body bore signs of torture.
The body of Ms. Osegueda’s partner, Alejandro Alvarado, was found close by her in a shallow grave. He, too, had been tied up and stabbed to death.
Two days prior to the grisly discovery, 57-year-old Robin Wood, of Salt Spring, B.C., was shot to death while attempting to fend off several home invaders in the city of Melaque.
According to the Foreign Affairs department, 112 Canadians were killed in Mexico in accidents, murders or suicides over the past five years.
They include five Canadian tourists who died in an explosion at the Grand Riviera Princess hotel in Playa Del Carmen, in 2010.
Other Canadians killed in the country include:
- Kenneth Klowak, 43, who was shot by gunmen while he was travelling in a group near the border with Texas. He was from Orangeville, Ont.
- Daniel Dion, 51, an Ottawa-area businessman who travelled frequently to Mexico to supervise a purse factory he owned. Abducted in October, 2010, his charred remains were found in his rented car several days later.
- Joel St. Tierre, 35, was shot in the head while visiting friends in Mexico City. He lived in Mexico, where he owned and operated an air-conditioning factory.
- Len Patrick Schell, a 62-year-old B.C. businessman, was found stabbed to death in his Puerto Vallarta home May 30, 2011. Despite Mr. Schell having heavily fortified his home, thieves were able to break in.
- Judith Zena Baylis, a 64-year-old retiree from Ottawa, was stabbed repeatedly in June, 20111, as she slept in her home outside San Miguel de Allende.
However, the spate of violence has done little to deter tourism. Approximately 1.6 million Canadians visited the country in 2010 – almost twice as many as five years earlier. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| Not to mention those several planes that came back from Cuba with Canadians who got sick. |
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| Orko |
Probably has to do with the cheap, cheap deals for Canadians, and the increase in overall violence in Mexico.
More people + higher rates of crime = more people involved in crime.
Of all the places I am looking to go, Mexico is not one of them. Even with the super low rates. |
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| CAKE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Of all the places I am looking to go, Mexico is not one of them. Even with the super low rates. |
yeah getting stabed or shot is just not worth 200$ in savings .... |
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| Cyrus King |
| Mexico and those savages there |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by CAKE
yeah getting stabed or shot is just not worth 200$ in savings .... |
Buyer beware :p |
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| patpicos |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
Not to mention those several planes that came back from Cuba with Canadians who got sick. |
Not just Cuba, Mexico. Gf and I both got sick after we came back. Pretty much same symptoms as listed on the article from the star. |
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| Spin Laden |
many of us just came back from BPM Festival, no one got sick to that extent and no one was shot at or stabbed. I didn't even get my shots beforehand but we made sure to drink bottled water, etc.
Good thing the article didn't list the dead Canadians who are involved in organised crime, at least, as that would def increase the probability of harm.
But a few deaths out of 1.6M visits in 2010 is not bad... not great but not devastating either. |
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| Swamper |
| Pretty confident there are some important details missing from this story... |
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| Vivid Boy |
Friend went down there and banged a mexican prostitute without a rubber. Came back and he was burning when he pissed. All worried, He went to the doctor to get tested but all tests came back negative. He was brought to a specialist because of the unbelievable burning sensation and the found a jalapeno seed stuck in his peehole.
Moral of the story. mexico |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
Pretty confident there are some important details missing from this story... |
they were all TA's. |
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| Spin Laden |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
Pretty confident there are some important details missing from this story... |
as always.. there are regional aspects that do not get reported as well, as the bordertowns and some of the port cities are more cartel driven. Mexico is pretty big country and not all of it is dangerous.. it's like someone saying Canada is violent after reading about the spate of shootings in Vancouver two years ago and previously before that in Toronto.
As well, I still ate tacos and bought drinks at the clubs with ice in them but no apparent health issues besides breaking my body down due to partying for so many days in a row, plus some long travel days at each end of the trip.
Also, what Vivid wrote. |
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