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I made 2 jumps there in October 2001. Was arrested on the last one as a possible terrorist . Spent a few hours in jail. Contacted the american consulate who helped me out. In all they were not unfriendly even if everyone was a little jumpy because of 9-11 a month before. It might be a different story today. You might be dodging bullets!
I made the local paper... my picture, right next to the picture of the dead hooker(unrelated )!

You are correct that it may be a different story today. Mexico is a vastly different place than it was in 2001. I lived a few hours north of Acapulco until mid 2003 and if it were still the same place would jump there in a heartbeat. It is not.

You think the police were jumpy after 9-11, you should see them now with their country coming apart around them. A friend of mine went to the police station last month to report his truck had been stolen, was pulled into the police station at gunpoint, questioned for hours, then physically thrown back onto the street and the door locked behind him. Not because the police are bad people, but because they are worried they are going to be killed and are very suspicious.

The people and the police are rightfully nervous, and the value of human life is about the same as Beirut in the 80's.

Just my 2 cents, YMMV.

ahhhhh, help...

they only do this to americans... gee will get away with his gerrrman akkzent werry izzy :-)

zis is gud news..........on the other hand I wouldnt mingd being in jail with a couple of prostitutes for a night (better rates )

I always just pretend to be Canadian. That way you can talk like an American, just say, "eh?" after ever sentence. Who doesn't like the Canadians?

Seriously, my friend who had that issue with the police is a Mexican national. Two weeks after that, his brother was kidnapped for ransom. I'm afraid no one is particularly safe there these days, and I really hate that. It is a beautiful country with wonderful people, but violence is rampant these days.

http://www.cbsnews.com/...ld/main7233376.shtml

The police are nervous and err on the side of shooting first and asking questions later. There are many stories circulating that the marines have stopped taking prisoners to the police and just drop them in the ocean a few miles out. I'm not kidding. It's not a situation I would put myself in.

Sounds like the mexican police is starting to behave like the US police....

The Mexicans even shot the austro/german emperor, so even the German accent might not save Gee.