Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - I'll tell you what, but you won't like it

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katherine — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:07:16 +0000

Two elderly women (locals) caught in the crossfire today. But at least we are safe from dogs on the beach!!!

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rdcosta — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 23:50:21 +0000

It appears to me that there is more concern about tourists coming into Mexico wanting to change the rules than there is about the locals breaking the law.if having a dog on the beach is your only concern your problems pale in comparison

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cantinero46 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:28:06 +0000

Katherine,back in 80s and 90s Ixtapa beach Palmar had a big beach cleaning machine,,,,,what happened to it,picked up garbage,plastic diapers,all the crap that's on the beach.La Ropa doesn't have even one available garbage can.

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katherine — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:20:17 +0000

One thing the local authorities are capable of doing is keeping dogs and their owners off the beach. On our La Ropa walk this morning we counted seven (yes,7) "regulators" on the beach. And of course not a garbage can in sight. Who pays their salaries, anyway?

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ZihuaRob — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:15:47 +0000

http://www.diariodezihuatanejo.mx/2016/08/asesinan-agente-de-transito.html

http://www.diariodezihuatanejo.mx/2016/08/un-muerto-y-un-herido-en-ataque-armado.html

This just does not seem like the occasional incident. I am surprised there is not more outrage and action by the authorities.

Why would the "local authorities" be outraged? With few exceptions, they're only interested in how much public money they can transfer to their personal fortunes, then moving on to higher positions of so-called public service where bigger budgets allow bigger fortunes to be made. They're not interested in changing the status quo or risking their lives and the lives of their loved ones pissing off the dangerous folks who make billions supplying the USA's consumers with stupidly banned substances.

I'm surprised anyone here seems to think we have a real police force or that laws are actually enforced. The only law local authorities are capable of enforcing here is against foreigners who want to take their pets to the beach with them. Other than that, Zihuatanejo and all of Guerrero is and has always been a lawless land with nothing remotely resembling a police force such as our northern friends are accustomed to. I've never known the folks who are called policía here to actually be any such thing. And now that the Mando Único has transferred the power over the municipal police away from the mayors, we are seeing more mayors getting murdered than ever before. All by-products of the decades-long failed policy you know as the war on drugs.

Thanks to repetitive TRULY TERRIBLE policies regarding stupidly banned popular recreational substances whose largest demand emanates from the USA, the people who are de facto in charge of things here in Guerrero can count on their fortunes continuing to grow.

DEA blows more smoke over marijuana

MADNESS!

After the Democrats rigging their primary election and the GOP nominating a con man for theirs, this is one of the most disappointing developments to come out of the USA for a long time. It only underscores the fact that special interests such as Big Pharma and Big Alcohol have more influence on public policy than We The People. #PobrePueblo #DemocracyMatters #ItsInOurHands

Only Canada's government appears to offer a beacon of hope and sanity in what is otherwise a sea of madness.

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gemini67 — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:46:34 +0000

Boring read... move on

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katherine — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 10:52:03 +0000

Exactly!

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Zihuateco — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 02:37:25 +0000

You have to watch El Señor de los Cielos to understand what is taking place.

Telenovela oddly close to what is causing this.

You can laugh at this post or connect the dots.

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OlsenMN — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 01:32:33 +0000

This is happening all over Mexico, not just isolated in Zihua.
Keep to the tourist areas, and behave as usual, should not be an issue.

I am going to call the middle footbridge to Madera at 8 PM right smack in the middle of the tourist area. And someone drove by and shot someone (a tourist) with an automatic weapon.

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Purplehaze — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:10:43 +0000

Some poor kid was wasted in front of the Mercado in the middle of the day just last week. It looks like a taxi driver got it last night. Que lastima

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bob/medhat — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:53:17 +0000

Were these incidents in broad daylight and where abouts in Zihua?

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bob/medhat — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:44:10 +0000

Thanks Brian and frostbite

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frostbite — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:45:45 +0000

I right-click on the article and select Translate with Bing. It's interesting, to say the least, but you can make out the gist of the article.

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BrianE — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:31:46 +0000

If you use google chrome as your browser you can right click on the page and it will translate.

There is also a google translate add-on for Firefox.

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bob/medhat — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:15:48 +0000

Is there a way to have these articles translated to English?

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frostbite — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:02:35 +0000

What's been going on down there is pretty sickening and I'd really like to know why the local authorities don't seem to be capable of doing something to fix the problem, but I just booked our flights for 3 weeks in the sun.

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Purplehaze — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:55:12 +0000

This is not happening all over Mexico. The Yucatan has low levels of violent crime. The violence in Z has been happening in tourist areas. The latest victim was a tourist or tourist guide albiet a Mexican one. I love the area and am heartbroken by the denial and/or acceptance of what was previously a rarity. This change seems so dramatic and sudden there must be some sort of a reason behind all this.

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midalake — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:25:58 +0000

First of all, it is NOT happening ALL over Mexico. Will you share with us where you found that misinformed gem?

Your second sentence is just sticking your head in the sand and calling it good. Yours is a misguided post at best.

When heads are in the sand some should offer up their own "safe zones" in Mexico.

Be HONEST with everyone......there are no "safe zones" BUT rather what is most important in Z/Ixtapa is the amount of violence against tourists are as close to zero as it can get in MHO.

As posts over the last few months have shown no issues with tourists. I just returned there from a three week trip. The only thing I saw was business as usual! Also a record amount of national tourists. I have never seen it so crowded in July.

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Mexalberta — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 04:07:47 +0000

We will back in Ixtapa from mid Jan to early March
We are not in a panic, just changing our routine
We will miss November in Ixtapa but we know Bucerias very well and will also be happy there, for a month

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Bonnie — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:49:09 +0000

This is happening all over Mexico, not just isolated in Zihua.
Keep to the tourist areas, and behave as usual, should not be an issue.

First of all, it is NOT happening ALL over Mexico. Will you share with us where you found that misinformed gem?

Your second sentence is just sticking your head in the sand and calling it good. Yours is a misguided post at best.

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sharis — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:33:17 +0000

This is happening all over Mexico, not just isolated in Zihua.
Keep to the tourist areas, and behave as usual, should not be an issue.

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victorio — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:08:49 +0000

Hola
We are coming to Zihua this fall/winter for 5 1/2 months. We have a lot of friends there. We will give it another chance. Hope there are no problems to make us go elsewhere.

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Mexalberta — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:29:41 +0000

It is nothing new in Guerrero and adjacent states
Going to Bucerias for November instead
Probably not much different but it seemed more in control when we there in July

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K&B — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:48:50 +0000

Hmm.

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Purplehaze — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:38:15 +0000

http://www.diariodezihuatanejo.mx/2016/08/asesinan-agente-de-transito.html

http://www.diariodezihuatanejo.mx/2016/08/un-muerto-y-un-herido-en-ataque-armado.html

This just does not seem like the occasional incident. I am surprised there is not more outrage and action by the authorities.